Inglise keele stilistika
some quality. Also the suffix may form tactful words that are not found in dictionaries, if the
speaker doesn't wish sound too categorical. 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.
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