-ory

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Etymology[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ory

  1. of or pertaining to, serving for; 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.
  2. that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words[2]
    ambulatory, dormitory, factory

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Derived terms[edit]

► English words suffixed with -ory


References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “-ory” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 -ory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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