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  a diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing: criticaster; poetaster, oleaster. -aster2 chiefly biology. a combining form with the meaning “star,” used in the formation of compound words: diaster. origin -aster suffix a person or thing that is inferior or bears only a poor resemblance to what is […]

• -ata

  a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, forming nouns used especially in names of zoological groups: vertebrata. -ata2 a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from greek: stomata. origin

• -ate

  a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, its english distribution paralleling that of latin. the form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). the resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be […]

• -ateria

  -ateria suffix used to form nouns (variations: -teria or -eria or -eteria) place or establishment where the indicated thing is done or sold: bookateria/ caviarteria

• -athon

  a suffix extracted from marathon, occurring as the final element in compounds which have the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal, as the contribution of a certain amount of money, is reached”: walkathon; readathon . also, -a-thon, -thon.

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