Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In grammar, the addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun grammar The addition of a
syllable orparticle to the end of apronoun ,verb , oradverb .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek to draw aside, to be redundant.
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