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E.g the lecture was dullish, she came lateish.
With nouns +-ish, we get adjectives with a negative contemptuous colouring e.g childish,
sheepish. This negative is even stronger with compounds e.g honeymoonish (exception:
boyish, girlish do not have any negative connotation).
When ish is added to proper names, it adds an uncomplementary colouring e.g mark
twainish characters (-ish +proper name)
At the same time, with proper names we may have the suffix ian e.g Dickensian characters,
Shakesperian characters.
Suffix s with names has poor connotation and belongs to refine style. E.g Dante ->
Dantesque, Turneresque, picturesque.
Suffixes expressing negative attitude
The main noun-forming suffixes with negative attitude : gangster, hipster, oldster, profiteer,
black-marketeer.
Semi-affix monger: war-monger (for the war), panic-monger.
In the slang of young people, -o is a negative suffix e.g coppo, (policeman), kiddo.
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