-urgy
a combining form occurring in loanwords from greek, where it meant “work” (dramaturgy): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy).
-urgy
combining form
indicating technology concerned with a specified material metallurgy
word origin
from greek -urgia, from ergonwork
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- -valent
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- -ville
a combining form extracted from place names ending in -ville, used in the coinage of informal nonce words, usually pejorative, that characterize a place, person, group, or situation (dullsville; disasterville; mediaville) or that name a condition (embarr-ssmentville; gloomsville). -ville combining form (slang, mainly us) (denoting) a place, condition, or quality with a character as specified […]
- -viridae
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