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• -sy

  a suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes a diminutive of the base word and usually confined to informal and jocular use (bitsy; footsie; halvsies); adjectives formed with -sy, may be ironic, implying that the quality in question is self-consciously -ssumed or feigned (artsy; cutesy; folksy). the combination of -s3. and -y1. or -y2. in certain […]

• -tactic

  combining form having a specified kind of pattern or arrangement or having an orientation determined by a specified force syndiotactic, phototactic word origin from greek taktikos relating to order or arrangement; see tactics

• -tastic

  combining form (jocular) denoting excellence in a specified area the fun-tastic theme park, their poptastic new single word origin c20: from (fan)tastic

• -taxis

  a combining form representing taxis1, in compound words: heterotaxis. compare tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy. -taxis combining form indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus thermotaxis order or arrangement phyllotaxis derived forms -tactic, -taxic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from new latin, from greek taxis order -taxis suff. order; arrangement: stereotaxis. responsive movement; taxis: chemotaxis.

• -taxy

  variant of -taxis: heterotaxy. -taxis combining form indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus thermotaxis order or arrangement phyllotaxis derived forms -tactic, -taxic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from new latin, from greek taxis order -taxy combining form a variant of -taxis

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