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McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

by Alexander H. McGuffey

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Lesson 150

Ist, ster, ee, and ess, generally signify the person who, or thing which. The last is an affix denoting the feminine gender.

aur’ist phys’i cist pi a’nist tap’ster chor’is ter for’est er grant ee’ mort ga gee’ as sign ee’ em’press shep’herd ess mar’chion ess

Dom signifies the office of or state of being; hood, the state of being; ish, somewhat, like; and ism, the condition or doctrines of.

king’dom chris’ten dom hea’then dom child’hood maid’en hood live’li hood knav’ish yel’low ish a’gu ish Bud’dhism Meth’od ism Mor’mon ism

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