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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρέλκων (parélkōn), from παρέλκω (parélkō, “to draw aside, to be redundant”), from ἕλκω (hélkō).

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