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• -arama

  variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a monosyllable, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama: foodarama; dancearama. -arama related terms -rama

• -arch

  a combining form meaning “chief, leader, ruler,” used in the formation of compound words: monarch; matriarch; heresiarch. -arch combining form leader; ruler; chief patriarch, monarch, heresiarch word origin from greek -arkhēs, from arkhein to rule; compare arch-

• -archy

  a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usually corresponding to personal nouns ending in -arch: monarchy; oligarchy. -archy combining form government; rule anarchy, monarchy derived forms -archic, combining_form:in_adjective -archist, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek -arkhia; see -arch -archy suffix meaning “rule,” from l. -archia, from gk. -arkhia, from arkhos “leader, chief, ruler,” from […]

• -ard

  a suffix forming nouns that denote persons who regularly engage in an activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem; now usually pejorative: coward; dullard; drunkard; wizard. also, -art. -ard suffix indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality braggart, drunkard, […]

• -aria

  a suffix occurring in scientific terms of latin origin, especially in names of biological genera and groups: filaria.

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