-tropy
a combining form occurring in abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -tropic, or -tropous:
neurotropy.
also, -tropism.
-tropism
combining form
indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus phototropism
word origin
from greek tropos a turn
-tropy suff.
the state of turning in a specified way or from a specified stimulus: thixotropy.
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combining form, combining form indicating a set of the number specified
- -type
a suffix representing type, (prototype), especially in names of photographic processes: ferrotype. compare typo-. -type noun, combining form type or form archetype printing type or photographic process collotype word origin from latin -typus, from greek -typos, from tupostype
- -ule
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, originally diminutive nouns (capsule; globule; nodule) or noun derivatives of verbs (ligule). -ule suffix indicating smallness globule word origin from latin -ulus, diminutive suffix -ule suffix meaning “small, little” (capsule, module, etc.), from fr. -ule, from l. diminutive suffix -ulus (fem. -ula, neut. -ulum).
- -ulent
a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from latin, with the meaning “having in quant-ty, full of” that specified by the initial element: corpulent; fraudulent; opulent; purulent. also, -lent. -ulent suffix abundant or full of fraudulent word origin from latin -ulentus -ulent from l. adj. suffix -ulentus “full of.”
- -ulous
a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from latin, with the meaning “inclined to do, habitually engaging in” the action specified by the initial element: bibulous; credulous; garrulous; tremulous.