ESE

or E.S.E.

east-southeast.

-ese

a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, especially countries or cities; frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language: Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese. By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristic jargon, style, or accent: Brooklynese; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese.

Origin of -ese

probably orig. < Italian -ese, later representing Spanish, Portuguese -es, French -ais, -ois, all < Latin -ēnsem -ensis

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Examples from the Web for ese

Historical Examples of ese

Ese he tell me you savvy, he tell me you no mind, tell me you love me too much.
Island Nights' Entertainments
Robert Louis Stevenson
And yif ou maist shewe me at euer any mortal man ha 840 receyued any of ese inges to ben his in propre.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'
Geoffrey Chaucer
Un I is bin say: 'Wut noung gal gwan do wit' ole Chris'mus' cep' 'e do 'joy 'ese'f?'
Nights With Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
E mek 'e bed wid 'e long tail, un 'e is 'tretch 'ese'f out at 'e lenk. '
Nights With Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
E moof 'way off by 'ese'f; 'e lose 'e fat, un 'e heer is bin-a come out.
Nights With Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris

British Dictionary definitions for ese

ESE

symbol for

east-southeast

-ese

suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns

indicating place of origin, language, or styleCantonese; Japanese; journalese

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Word Origin and History for ese

-ese

word-forming element from Old French -eis (Modern French -ois, -ais), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin -ensem, -ensis "belonging to" or "originating in."