ESE: Meaning and Definition of

ESE

1. east-southeast.

-ese

1. a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities; frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language:By analogy with such language names,occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristic jargon, style, or accent: Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese.