-ery
a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place or establishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc.:
archery; bakery; cutlery; fishery; trickery; witchery.
-ery
suffix
indicating a place of business or some other activity bakery, brewery, refinery
indicating a cl-ss or collection of things cutlery, greenery
indicating qualities or actions collectively sn-bbery, trickery
indicating a practice or occupation husbandry
indicating a state or condition slavery
word origin
-ery
suffix forming nouns meaning “place for, art of, condition of, quant-ty of,” from m.e. -erie, from l. -arius.
-ery
suffix
used to form nouns
place or establishment where the indicated thing is used, done, sold, etc: boozery/ eatery/ minkery (1920s+)
the collectivity or an instance of what is indicated: claptrappery/ jerkery
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