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-ota

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• -ote

  a suffix forming singular nouns that correspond to the plural taxonomic suffix -ota: eukaryote .

• -otic

  an adjective suffix of greek origin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -osis, denoting a relationship to an action, process, state, or condition indicated by the preceding element: hypnotic; neurotic . see -tic. -otic suffix relating to or affected by sclerotic causing narcotic word origin from greek -ōtikos -otic suff. of, relating to, or characterized […]

• -our

  british variant of -or1 . usage note -our suffix indicating state, condition, or activity behaviour, labour word origin in old french -eur, from latin -or, noun suffix -our see -or.

• -ous

  a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of” a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous, and its variant -ious, have often been used to anglicize latin adjectives with terminations that cannot be directly adapted into english (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). as an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly […]

• -oyl

  suffix (in chemistry) indicating an acyl group or radical ethanoyl, methanoyl word origin c20: from o(xygen) + -yl -oyl suff. an organic acid radical: fumaroyl.

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