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CHAPTER 8 SUFFIXES
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Undergraduate 3
10/20/2008

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Term
-NESS
Definition
'quality of'
kind-NESS kindness
Term
-LESS
Definition
'without'
care-LESS careless
Term
-ISH
Definition
'like'
boy-ISH boyish
Term
FIN-
-AL
Definition
'end'
'pertaining to'

FINAL
Term
NUMER-
-OUS
Definition
'number'
'full of'
numerous
Term
POPUL-
-AR
Definition
'people'
'pertaining to'
popular
Term
more than one suffix in a single word: examples
Definition
CLASS- class, rank+
-IC - belonging to+
-AL- pertaining to=
classical
Term
when a suffix which ends in E is followed by another suffix: what?
Definition
(the E is dropped):
VERB- word+
-OSE- full of +
-ITY- quality of =
verbosity
Term
-AL (-IAL,-EAL)
Definition
'pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of'
VOC, VERB, EQU
Term
VOC-
Definition
'voice'
+al = vocal
Term
VERB-
Definition
'word'
+al = verbal
Term
EQU-
Definition
'equal'
+al = equal
Term
-ANE, -(E)AN, -IAN, [-AIN]
Definition
'one connected with'
VETER, MUND, MOUNT
Term
VETER-
Definition
'old'
-an veteran
Term
MUND-
Definition
'world'
-ane mundane
Term
MOUNT-
Definition
'mountain'
-ain mountain
Term
LIBR-
Definition
'book'
-ary (place for) -an = librarian
Term
BARBAR-
Definition
' foreign'
-ian barbarian
Term
-AR
Definition
'pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of'
POPUL
REGUL
FAMILI
Term
POPUL-
Definition
'people'
-ar popular
Term
REGUL-
Definition
'rule'
-ar regular
Term
FAMILI-
Definition
'family, household'
-ar familiar
Term
-OSE, (-IOUSE)
Definition
"full of"
GRAND(i)
COMAT
Term
GRAND(i)-
Definition
'great'
-ose grandiose
Term
COMAT-
Definition
'lethargy'
-ose comatose
Term
-OUS (-IOUS, -EOUS)
Definition
'full of, having the character of, like'
FAM
POPUL
VARI
Term
FAM-
Definition
'fame, report'
-ous famous
Term
POPUL-
Definition
'people'
-ous populous
Term
VARI-
Definition
'varied'
-ous various
Term
-ARY
Definition
"place for"
Term
-IC
Definition
"belonging to"
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