-cest
UK/-sɛst/
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India/-sɛ(ː)sʈ/
-cest suffix: a suffix combined with a noun or surname to create a word for incest or an inappropriate relationship involving the referent(s).
Suffix
-cest (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- A suffix combined with a noun or surname to create a word for incest or an inappropriate relationship involving the referent(s).
- A suffix for relationships between participants in the same (usually close-knit) activity (see castcest, classcest, clubcest, coursecest, friendcest, teamcest, workcest) or residents of the same complex (see dormcest, floorcest, hallcest, housecest).
Origin of -cest
Rebracketing of incest.
Words that rhyme with -cest
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
- unstressed
Questions about -cest
- What does -cest mean?
- -cest means a suffix combined with a noun or surname to create a word for incest or an inappropriate relationship involving the referent(s).
- What part of speech is -cest?
- -cest is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -cest?
- -cest is pronounced /-sɛst/ (UK).
Words near -cest in the dictionary
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