-ulent
a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from latin, with the meaning “having in quant-ty, full of” that specified by the initial element:
corpulent; fraudulent; opulent; purulent.
also, -lent.
-ulent
suffix
abundant or full of fraudulent
word origin
from latin -ulentus
-ulent
from l. adj. suffix -ulentus “full of.”
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