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 Definitions of -ess  [ɛs]  

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Definition of '-ess' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1.  -ess
a suffix forming distinctively feminine nouns:
countess; goddess; lioness.

Etymology:  (ME -esse < OF < LL -issa < Gk)

Definition of '-ess' Webster Dictionary 

1.  -ess
a suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress

'-ess' - Nearby Entries  

-escent  -esprits  -esque  -ess  -est  -et  -ferous  



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