ess (plural esses)
The name of the Latin-script letter S.
Something shaped like the letter S.
• Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link, etc.
ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)
To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.
• wind
• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE
ESS (plural er-noun)
(software, IBM) Initialism of Enterprise Storage Server.
ESS (plural ESSes)
(evolutionary theory) evolutionarily stable strategy
(electronics) Initialism of electronic switching system.
(electrical) Abbreviation of energy storage system.
Initialism of employee self-service.
Initialism of earth system science.
• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE
Source: Wiktionary
-ess. Etym: [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr.
Definition: A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.