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21. -e)resse suf.

Additional spellings: -resse
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Derivational suffix forming nouns denoting female agents to go with nouns for male agents in -er(e, -iēr, -ǒur [OF -re, -i)er, eor]: e.g. sorc-eresse: sorc-er sorcerer; avout-(e)resse adulteress: a……

22. -e)rīe suf.

Additional spellings: -rie
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(a) Many nouns in -erīe were adopted from OF (not a few along with the corresponding agent nouns in -re, -iēr, -ǒur): e.g. arch-erīe (and arch-(i)ēr), cheval-erīe (and cheval-ēr), hostel-erīe (and……

23. -(e)s suf.(3)

Additional spellings: -es
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In the gen.sg. masc. & neut. of the indefinite (strong) declension [OE -es], only in very early ME (later dropped). Relics of this inflection survive in a number of set phrases, e.g. eies weies,……

24. -esse suf.

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Derivational suffix, forming nouns for female beings or agents from nouns denoting male beings or agents. (a) Adopted from OF: e.g. cǒunt-esse, duch-esse, prīor-esse, abb-esse [OF abb(e)-esse: abbé ab……

25. -ẹ̄̆-vǒus suf.

Additional spellings: -evous
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Derivational suffix forming adjs. on certain nouns. It is a blend of the two synonymous compound adj. suffixes -iv-ǒus (as in plent-iv-ǒus) and -ẹ̄-ǒus (as in plent-ẹ̄-ǒus). Examples are: bǒunt-ẹ̄vǒus……

26. -fī(-en suf.

Additional spellings: -fi
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Suffix in verbs taken from OF, e.g. ede-fīen (1340), glōri-fīen (1340), seinte-fīen (1390), ampli-fīen, falsi-fīen, recti-fīen. In late ME the suffix became productive, e.g. clene-fī-en make clean……

27. -iāl suf.

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Derivational suffix in borrowed adjectives: bestial, celestial, cordial, material, etc.; also in nouns from such adjectives; rarely in new formations in ME: genealogial, terrestrial, etc. …

28. -ī̆ble suf.

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Derivational suffix in adjectives from Latin or Old French: convertible, digestible, forcible, impossible, terrible, etc.; also in ME derivatives: credibli, impossiblenesse, pesibli, unpossible……

29. -icā̆l suf.

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Derivational suffix in adjectives from Latin or Old French: canonical, musical, etc.; in ME derivatives: gramaticalli, etc.; and in adjectives probably formed in ME: comical, domestical,……

30. -ī(e suf.(2)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A derivational suffix in nouns, adjectives, and adverbs; e.g., honi, holi, adj., holli adv. …

31. -ī(e suf.(4)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A derivational suffix in abstract and collective nouns: (a) from OF or L, e.g., auncestrie, compaignie, comedie, felonie, heresie, ipocrisie, jelousie, policie, ribaudie; (b) rarely in ME……

32. -ī(e suf.(5)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A reduced form of -if, -ive, as in hasti(e, joli(e, etc. …

33. -ien suf.(1)

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A derivational suffix in nouns and adjectives, indicating place of origin, occupation, religion, or association with a country, person, planet, etc.: (a) in words from OF or ML: Arabien, cirurgien,……

34. -iē̆r(e suf.

Additional spellings: -iere
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A derivational suffix in nouns, indicating an instrument, an agent, or a person having an occupation, trade, or profession: (a) in ME formations: brasier, colier, glasier, heliere, lauiere, loviere……

35. -ī̆f, -ī̆ve suf.

Additional spellings: -ive
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A derivational suffix in adjectives, adverbs, and nouns: (a) basically from OF, e.g., adoptif, hastif, jolif, baillif, caitif, fugitif; (b) basically from L, e.g., aggregatif, attractif, digestif,……

36. -ī̆k suf.

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Derivational suffix in nouns and adjectives meaning 'in the nature of, pertaining to': in nouns: arsenik, ars-metrike, eccentrik, etc.; in adjectives: allegorik, anagogik, apostolik, colerik, etc……

37. -ī̆k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ike
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Derivational suffix in words from L & OF forming: (a) names of arts and sciences; nouns from adjectives, usually from some branch of learning; e.g., cromatik, cronike, ethnic, etik n. (1) & (2)……

38. -ī̆l(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ile
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A derivational suffix in adjectives, usually from Latin or Old French; e.g., civil(e, exile, ductil, fertil; rarely in ME formations, e.g., invisile. Some Latin adjectives appear only as nouns in……

39. -in suf.

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A derivational suffix, usually diminutive: (a) in nouns borrowed from OF; e.g., corbin, gobelin, popin, rouncin; (b) occasionally in ME formations; e.g., Apostelin, gobin, hobin. …

40. -īn(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ine
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Suffix in a few adjectives of foreign origin, usually denoting 'of the nature of, belonging to, native to': Alpine, divine, feminin(e, Latin, marin, etc.; in nouns derived from adjectives: divine,……

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