-iad

See also: iad and IAD

English

Etymology 1

Based on Iliad.

Suffix

-iad

1. Forming the name of an epic about the indicated topic.

   The Athletiad, The Congressiad, The Female Dunciad, The Mooriad, The Popiad, The Rapiad, The Scribleriad

   • 1798, James Lovell Moore, The Columbiad: an epic poem on the discovery of America and the West Indies by Columbus, in twelve books

Etymology 2

Based on Olympiad, and perhaps also influenced by the common ending iad on units of time formed by suffixing -ad to words ending in -ium, e.g. decenniad.

Suffix

-iad

1. (rare) A period of time from one occurrence of an (indicated, regularly recurrent) event to the next.
   • 1871, Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, page 28:

     Acrid the temper of the parties, vital the pending questions. Congress convenes; the President sends his Message; Reconstruction is still in abeyance; the nominations and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close, [...]

See also

• -ad

Anagrams

• AID, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, I'da, Ida, aid, dai, dia-

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• -ad

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *-ad, from earlier *-atus, a late (British) variant of *-ātus, used to form verbal nouns from Celtic ā-stem verbs. The -i- is secondary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jad/

Suffix

-iad

1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs.

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -iad