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Fold navy 285 Posted 4 years ago
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Tory(ish)

a Tory(ish) leader of the Labour Party

I've heard this phrase expressed on the radio.

  1. Does the "ish" suffix in that phrase mean that the leader in question is not quite a Tory and not quite a Labour?
  

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-ish is a suffix that means 'having the characteristics of something' and makes the resultant word an adjective. '

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  • -ish is a suffix that means 'having the characteristics of something' and makes the resultant word an adjective.
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-ish is a suffix that means 'having the characteristics of something' and makes the resultant word an adjective. So, Toryish biasically means 'having the characteristics of the Tory.'

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fold navy 285Does the "ish" suffix in that phrase mean that the leader in question is not quite a Tory and not quite a Labour?

Yes. Sort of.

See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ish

Definition 3a.

CJ

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fold navy 285a Labour?

This is incomplete. You need another word before the question mark. You could add person there.

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