Isethionic
(I*seth`i*on"ic) a. [Is- + ethionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an
acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on
alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.
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ish
(-ish) [AS. -isc; akin to G. -isch, OHG. -isc, Goth. & Dan. -isk, Gr. . Cf. -esque.] A suffix used
to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and
sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white.
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ish
(-ish). [OE. -issen, fr. F. -is, -iss- (found in the present particle, etc., of certain verbs, as finir to
finish, fleurir to flourish), corresponding to L. -escere, an inchoative ending.] A verb ending, originally
appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.
Ishmaelite
(Ish"ma*el*ite) n.
1. A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be
against every man, and every man's hand against him." Gen. xvi. 12.
2. One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast. Thackeray.
3. See Ismaelian.
Ishmaelitish
(Ish"ma*el*i`tish) a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.
Isiac
(I"si*ac) a. [L. Isiacus, Gr. fr. .] Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries.
Isicle
(I"si*cle) n. A icicle. [Obs.]
Isidorian
(Is`i*do"ri*an) a. Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection
of decretals published in the ninth century.
Isinglass
(I"sin*glass) n. [Prob. corrupted fr. D. huizenblas lit., bladder of the huso, or large sturgeon;
huizen sturgeon + blas bladder. Cf. Bladder, Blast a gust of wind.]