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-ble

variant of -able (soluble); occurring first in words of latin origin that came into english through french, later in words taken directly from latin.

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    adjective (in combination) having a body or bodies as specified able-bodied, long-bodied, many-bodied

  • -bound

    a combining form of bound1 : snowbound. -bound2 a combining form of bound4 : eastbound.

  • -brat

    -brat combining word designating a child raised in a stated environment: army brat/ opera brat/ navy brat/ faculty brat/ air force brat/ masako led a normal life—normal, that is, for a diplomatic brat with an ambitious father (1940s+)

  • -browed

    adjective (in combination) having a brow or brows as specified dark-browed

  • -bug

    -bug combining word a devotee or energetic pract-tioner of what is indicated: firebug/ money-bug/ hockey bug [1920s+; fr humorous or dialectal pr-nunciation of bulge]

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