Derivational suffix usually in nouns from L or OF: accioun, contradiccioun, dominioun, temptacioun, etc.; also in ME formations, often diminutives: conjeccion, merlioun, oinion, carioun (var. of……

Derivational suffix in adjectives, usually from L or OF: ambicious, curious, glorious, gracious, etc.; also in ME formations: costious, cortius (var. of courteis), heinȝous & henyous (vars. of……

Derivational suffix in nouns from L and OF: disciple, maunciple, participle, etc.; also substituted for other L or OF suffixes, e.g., principle (OF principe & L principium). …

A suffix in nouns from OF; e.g., avarice, couardise, coveitise, exercise, feintise, fraunchise, jaunis, justice, malice, marchaundise, queintise, servise; rarely in ME formations; e.g……

A suffix usually found in verbs from L, ML, or OF: auctorisen, baptisen, canonizen, cauterizen, evangelisen, intronizen, pulverisen, recognisen, solempnisen, etc. In a few words, this suffix either……

Suffix in verbs from OF: accomplishen (from acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir), banishen, braundishen, burnishen, cherishen, finishen, garnishen, nourishen, punishen, warishen (from extended……

A suffix found in a few nouns from Latin, Medieval Latin, or Old French; e.g., alkemist (var. of alkamistre), baptist, decretiste, evangelist, exorcist; found rarely in ME formations; e.g……

A suffix in nouns from Old French: baptistre, decretistre (var. of decretiste), legistre, organistre, sophistre, etc.; in nouns from ML or OF, in which this suffix replaces another: alkamistre (ML……

A derivational suffix found in a few toponymics and racial names, chiefly from Latin: Ismaelites, Israelite, Levite, Sodomite, etc. In heremite, the ending was probably no longer thought of as a……

A derivational suffix forming adjectives from nouns, occurring usually in variation with other suffixes: (a) in adjectives in -ẹ̄(v)ǒus, e.g., beautivous, bountivous, deintivous, plentivous; (b) in……

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 rare derivational suffix [orig. & usually diminutive] in nouns of French origin: chariot(e, galiot n.(1), gigelot, paniot, papelote, piot, etc. Tends to be replaced by -et suf. …

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,……

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……