suffix[
Language: Old English;Origin: -isc]
[in nouns]the people or language of a particular country or place
Are the British unfriendly? learning to speak Turkish She's Swedish. [in adjectives]of a particular place
Spanish food (=from Spain) [in adjectives]typical of or like a particular type of person
foolish behaviour (=typical of a fool) Don't be so childish! (=do not behave like a child) snobbish [in adjectives]the ending of some adjectives that show disapproval
selfish [in adjectives]rather
=
quite youngish (=not very young, but not old either) tallish reddish hair [in adjectives]spokenapproximately We'll expect you eightish (=at about 8 o'clock) . He's fortyish (=about 40 years old) .