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  a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). it has limited productivity in english, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium. compare -ary. -arium suffix indicating a place for or -ssociated […]

• -aroo

  -aroo related terms -eroo

• -arooney

  -arooney suffix used to form nouns a added to imply familiarity or humor: this little cararooney’s got only 10,000 miles on her

• -art

  variant of -ard: braggart. -ard suffix indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality braggart, drunkard, dullard word origin via old french from germanic -hard (literally: hardy, bold), the final element in many germanic masculine names, such as bernhard bernard, gerhart gerard, etc -art suffix a variant […]

• -ary

  a suffix occurring originally in loanwords from cl-ssical and medieval latin, on adjectives (elementary; honorary; stationary; tributary), personal nouns (actuary; notary; secretary), or nouns denoting objects, especially receptacles or places (library; rosary; glossary). the suffix has the general sense “pertaining to, connected with” the referent named by the base; it is productive in english, sometimes […]

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