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  • noun Alternative spelling of suffrage.

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  • Not a misspelling of suffrage. Usage on wharfage....

    Say, who has a list of -age nouns? I just ran across a slew of 'em.

    October 12, 2008

  • I have but an -ager list.

    -age wearies me.

    October 12, 2008

  • Well, it is a misspelling of suffrage, but not exclusively.

    October 12, 2008

  • You mean it can be, but in this case it is not.

    October 12, 2008

  • True.

    Anyone have any clue why Wordie saw fit to serve up an ad on this page reading "Meet your lesbian match! Browse photos now! Join free!"?

    October 13, 2008

  • Because they think many sufferagettes are?

    October 13, 2008

  • *Gah!*

    October 13, 2008

  • I have some -ages here.

    October 13, 2008

  • Thanks trivet! I've been coming across a lot of them lately, so if you're still interested in additions to your list, I'll (eventually) post them there (after first checking to be sure they aren't there already).

    October 13, 2008

  • Searching for *age in the online OED yields 2855 results.^^

    October 16, 2008

  • Well, then we have our work cut out for us.

    (p.s. I know from experience about half of those are going to be contrived and goofy and maybe not worth entering.) :)

    October 16, 2008