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• -ess — 1. This suffix forms nouns denoting female persons or animals, and was adopted in Middle English from the Old French form esse (from late Latin issa). The first wave of ess words in English (countess, duchess, empress, hostess, mistress, princess …   Modern English usage

• -ess — ► SUFFIX ▪ forming nouns denoting female gender: abbess. USAGE In modern English, feminine forms (e.g. poetess, authoress) are likely to be regarded as old fashioned or sexist and should be avoided in favour of the ‘neutral’ base form (e.g. poet …   English terms dictionary

• -ess — a suffix forming distinctively feminine nouns: countess; goddess; lioness. [ME esse < OF < LL issa < Gk] Usage. Since at least the 14th century, English has both borrowed feminine nouns in ESS from French ( esse in French and in some early… …   Universalium

• -ess — ess1 suffix forming nouns denoting female gender: abbess. Origin from Fr. esse, via late L. from Gk issa. Usage In modern English, there are few new words coined with the suffix ess. Many existing feminine forms (e.g. poetess, authoress) are… …   English new terms dictionary

• po|et|ess — «POH uh tihs», noun. a woman poet …   Useful english dictionary

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• poetess — /poh i tis/, n. a woman who writes poetry. [1520 30; POET + ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * …   Universalium