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{ "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "-ee" }, "expansion": "Middle English -ee", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "-e", "3": "-ē" }, "expansion": "-ē", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "xno", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Anglo-Norman", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "-ee" }, "expansion": "Old French -ee", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fr", "3": "-é" }, "expansion": "French -é", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "-ée" }, "expansion": "-ée", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "-er" }, "expansion": "-er", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-ate" }, "expansion": "Doublet of -ate", "name": "doublet" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-ed" }, "expansion": "English -ed", "name": "cognate" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "antonyms": [ { "word": "-er" } ], "categories": [ { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "22 22 23 8 25", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English links with redundant target parameters", "parents": [ "Links with redundant target parameters", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "examine + -ee → examinee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "interview + -ee → interviewee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "train + -ee → trainee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "employ + -ee → employee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done)." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-tVg6DTFa", "links": [ [ "object", "object#English" ], [ "verb", "verb#English" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "-ed" } ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "22 22 23 8 25", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English links with redundant target parameters", "parents": [ "Links with redundant target parameters", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "absent + -ee → absentee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "respond + -ee → respondee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "stand + -ee → standee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "post + -ee → postee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action)." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-OVs4Rjrk", "links": [ [ "subject", "subject#English" ], [ "verb", "verb#English" ] ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] }, { "antonyms": [ { "word": "-or" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Law", "orig": "en:Law", "parents": [ "Justice", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "22 22 23 8 25", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English links with redundant target parameters", "parents": [ "Links with redundant target parameters", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "assign + -ee → assignee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "legate + -ee → legatee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "mortgage + -ee → mortgagee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-MA06NJ2x", "links": [ [ "law", "law#English" ], [ "contract", "contract#Noun" ], [ "transaction", "transaction#English" ], [ "-or", "-or#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ], "topics": [ "law" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Medicine", "orig": "en:Medicine", "parents": [ "Biology", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-Y1f3wwz5", "links": [ [ "medicine", "medicine" ], [ "undergo", "undergo#English" ], [ "medical", "medical#English" ], [ "procedure", "procedure#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ], "topics": [ "medicine", "sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "22 22 23 8 25", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English links with redundant target parameters", "parents": [ "Links with redundant target parameters", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "barge + -ee → bargee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "tender + -ee → tenderee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "venereal + -ee → venerealee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-eEsnEbhL", "tags": [ "morpheme" ] } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-të" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-atë" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ato" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-tu" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-é" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ée" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "note": "ge- (prefix) + -er m", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-e" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "-es" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "plural", "strong" ], "word": "-en" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "weak" ], "word": "-e" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ato" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ario" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-ato" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ata" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hi-", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "prefix" ], "word": "被" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-ado" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ada" }, { "_dis1": "25 20 21 22 11", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ai" }, { "_dis1": "22 22 22 23 11", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-eur" }, { "_dis1": "22 22 22 23 11", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-euse" }, { "_dis1": "22 22 22 23 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-tore" }, { "_dis1": "22 22 22 23 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-trice" } ], "word": "-ee" } { "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "super-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "supra-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "hyper-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "ultra-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "uber-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "macro-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "arch-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "over-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "mega-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "giga-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "-zilla" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "grand" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "great" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-ie" }, "expansion": "-ie", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-y" }, "expansion": "-y", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "bootee" }, { "word": "goatee" }, { "word": "settee" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "boot + -ee → bootee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "goat + -ee → goatee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "settle + -ee → settee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form diminutives." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-mqhYS7pk", "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "mini-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "micro-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "nano-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ette" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-y" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-icle" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-cule" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ule" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ole" } ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ], "translations": [ { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-cska" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-cske" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-etto" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-ino" } ] } ], "word": "-ee" } { "etymology_number": 3, "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "16 16 16 9 14 13 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044", "text": "\"No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!\" he said, earnestly.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1938, Minnesota Journal of Education, volume 19, page 52", "text": "A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: \"Two-thirty all right?\" Chinaman: \"Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?\"", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese." ], "id": "en--ee-en-suffix-p90xdbxv", "links": [ [ "derogatory", "derogatory" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(offensive, derogatory) Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese." ], "related": [ { "word": "no tickee, no washee" } ], "tags": [ "derogatory", "morpheme", "offensive" ] } ], "word": "-ee" }
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Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "antonyms": [ { "word": "-er" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "examine + -ee → examinee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "interview + -ee → interviewee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "train + -ee → trainee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "employ + -ee → employee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done)." ], "links": [ [ "object", "object#English" ], [ "verb", "verb#English" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "-ed" } ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "absent + -ee → absentee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "respond + -ee → respondee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "stand + -ee → standee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "post + -ee → postee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action)." ], "links": [ [ "subject", "subject#English" ], [ "verb", "verb#English" ] ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] }, { "antonyms": [ { "word": "-or" } ], "categories": [ "en:Law" ], "examples": [ { "text": "assign + -ee → assignee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "legate + -ee → legatee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "mortgage + -ee → mortgagee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or." ], "links": [ [ "law", "law#English" ], [ "contract", "contract#Noun" ], [ "transaction", "transaction#English" ], [ "-or", "-or#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ], "topics": [ "law" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Medicine" ], "examples": [ { "text": "laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure." ], "links": [ [ "medicine", "medicine" ], [ "undergo", "undergo#English" ], [ "medical", "medical#English" ], [ "procedure", "procedure#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ], "topics": [ "medicine", "sciences" ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "barge + -ee → bargee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "tender + -ee → tenderee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "venereal + -ee → venerealee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-të" }, { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-atë" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ato" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-tu" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-é" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ée" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "note": "ge- (prefix) + -er m", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-e" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "-es" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "plural", "strong" ], "word": "-en" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "weak" ], "word": "-e" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ato" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ario" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-ato" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ata" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hi-", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "prefix" ], "word": "被" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-ado" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-ada" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done", "word": "-ai" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-eur" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-euse" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "-tore" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-trice" } ], "word": "-ee" } { "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "super-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "supra-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "hyper-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "ultra-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "uber-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "macro-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "arch-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "over-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "mega-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "giga-" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "-zilla" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "grand" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"diminutive affix\"", "word": "great" } ], "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English suffixes" ], "derived": [ { "word": "bootee" }, { "word": "goatee" }, { "word": "settee" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-ie" }, "expansion": "-ie", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-y" }, "expansion": "-y", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "boot + -ee → bootee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "goat + -ee → goatee", "type": "example" }, { "text": "settle + -ee → settee", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to form diminutives." ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "mini-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "micro-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "nano-" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ette" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-y" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-icle" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-cule" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ule" }, { "tags": [ "affix", "diminutive" ], "word": "-ole" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-cska" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-cske" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-etto" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "used to form diminutives", "word": "-ino" } ], "word": "-ee" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English suffixes" ], "etymology_number": 3, "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-ee", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "related": [ { "word": "no tickee, no washee" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English derogatory terms", "English offensive terms", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044", "text": "\"No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!\" he said, earnestly.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1938, Minnesota Journal of Education, volume 19, page 52", "text": "A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: \"Two-thirty all right?\" Chinaman: \"Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?\"", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese." ], "links": [ [ "derogatory", "derogatory" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(offensive, derogatory) Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese." ], "tags": [ "derogatory", "morpheme", "offensive" ] } ], "word": "-ee" }
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