suffix ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   full of morpheme

   "comatose (full of sleep)"

2. 2
   Used to form the names of sugars. morpheme
3. 3
   Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms

ful

Antonyms

All antonyms

less

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from glucose.

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