A combining form in words borrowed from French and Latin denoting forms of divination: aeromance, ciromancie, geomancy, nigromauncie, ornomanci, piromaunce, idromancie, egremauncie. …

A derivational suffix added (usually to verb stems) to make action nouns, concrete nouns, nouns of result, and (less frequently) nouns of state or condition: (a) in words borrowed from French or……

A derivational suffix in words from OF or ML (chiefly the reflexes of Latin third declension nouns in -o, -ōnem): (a) in various words, in which -oun was probably felt as part of the root rather……

A derivational suffix forming agent nouns: auctour, avauntour, gilour, hasardour, malfesour, protectour, saviour, etc.; designations of persons having certain trades, professions, or offices……

A derivational suffix in adjectives; esp. in words of OF or L origin: anoious, barbarus, chevalrous, daungerous, disdeinous, eurous, fortunous, glandelous, grevous, hidous, joious, lapidose,……

An infrequent directional suffix in adverbs formed from adjectives: liftsomes, rightsomes. …

A derivational suffix frequent in abstract nouns of OF or AF origin usu. denoting a quality, state, or condition, e.g., auctorite (c1230), bestial(i)te, charite (?a1160), communalte, contrariete,……

A suffix in a small number of nouns borrowed from L/ML or OF/AF, where it represents the feminine agentive suffix: e.g., administratrice, benefactrice, executrice, genitrice, matris, mediatrice,……

A combinative derivational suffix in adjectives usu. derived from L or OF adjectives with u-stems plus suffix (L -osus, OF -os), e.g., affectuous, amfractuous, aquous, effectuous, fructuous,……

A derivational suffix occurring in many ME nouns, usu. derived from L or OF/AF. In L -ūra was usu. added to p.ppl. stems of verbs, and sometimes to other verbal stems, to form nouns denoting primarily……