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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- suffix Of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek lutikos, able to loosen, from lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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