-ory

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Suffix 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English -orie (from Latin adjective suffix -ōrius)^[1].

[edit] Suffix

-ory

1. of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also^[1]

   excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.

[edit] Synonyms

• -al
• -ar
• -ary
• -ese
• -ic
• -id
• -ish
• -like
• -oid
• -ous
• -y

[edit] Derived terms

• exterminatory

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “-ory” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.