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-ess

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -ess (noun suffix)
  2. ess (noun)
  3. long ess
  4. short ess

-ess

noun suffix

Definition of -ESS

: female <giantess>

Origin of -ESS

Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek

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