Definitions
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- suffix Forming
diminutive nouns. Also used for familiar and pet names. - suffix Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
- suffix Used in the name of some locations which end in
-ia in Latin. - suffix Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of".
- suffix Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "
inclined to". - suffix Variation of
-ie added to nouns, adjectives and names to form terms ofaffection .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An hour and a half of stand-up and about 40 minutes of my sh---y band, he says.
Eddie Murphy in Rolling Stone: No More Kid Films, A Beverly Hills Cop TV Show? 2011
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Sorry, with its -y suffix—meaning “full of” but also used to form pet names—seems more colloquial than regret.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Sorry, with its -y suffix—meaning “full of” but also used to form pet names—seems more colloquial than regret.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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If you've been doing more and more browsing on your phone, then you've likely become used to having almost no "chrome," far more visual tab management, and a more immersive, less "desktop"-y, more manual browsing experience.
Site Home Steven Sinofsky 2011
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Truly I can, not all the time, but I can take joy at really sh---y situations.
NYDN Rss JOYCE CHEN 2011
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I know hockey coaches love to add a -y to the end of players' names, so I figured maybe he was referring to some player named Hinkshaw that i didn't know.
NY Daily News 2011
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"Let's bring these people to Radio Sh---y Music Hall tomorrow night and have a f---ing party," Sheen declared at his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour in
NY Daily News 2011
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Walking into Sonar to escape the late-afternoon heat, Pulling Teeth at first felt like a comforting throwback - the kind of late-'90s Converge -y metallic hardcore that popped up a lot in my high-school years.
News 2011
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Al Green -y organ fills and the way Hamilton sings against the snap of the drums, as though the music all around him was a voice telling him what he doesn't want to hear: that the writing is on the wall, that the love affair is over.
News 2012
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Truly I can, not all the time, but I can take joy at really sh---y situations.
NYDN Rss JOYCE CHEN 2011
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