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• -mancy

  a combining form meaning “divination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: necromancy. -mancy combining form indicating divination of a particular kind chiromancy word origin from old french -mancie, from latin -mantia, from greek manteia soothsaying -mancy combining form meaning “divination by means of,” from o.fr. -mancie, from l.l. -mantia, from gk. manteia “oracle, […]

• -mania

  a combining form of mania (megalomania); extended to mean “enthusiasm, often of an extreme and transient nature,” for that specified by the initial element (bibliomania). -mania combining form indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something kleptomania, nymphomania, pyromania derived forms -maniac, combining_form:in_adjective, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from […]

• -manship

  a combination of -man and -ship, used as an independent suffix with the meaning “skill in a particular activity, especially of a compet-tive nature”: brinkmanship; grantsmanship; one-upmanship; sometimes compounded with a plural noun by -n-logy with craftsmanship, marksmanship, sportsmanship, etc.

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