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-eroo

-eroo suffix: added to certain nouns to form familiar diminutives, normally with jocular or light-hearted intent.

Suffix

-eroo

  1. (informal) Added to certain nouns to form familiar diminutives, normally with jocular or light-hearted intent.
    • smack + -eroo → smackeroo
    • I'm feeling peckish … I think I'll have a little snackeroo.

Forms of -eroo

alternative form-aroo
alternative form-eroonie
alternative form-aroonie

Origin of -eroo

Of unclear origin; perhaps extracted from buckaroo, though this word appears to have been conformed to a preexisting suffix (or word), the stress and final vowel being otherwise unaccounted for.

Questions about -eroo

What does -eroo mean?
-eroo means added to certain nouns to form familiar diminutives, normally with jocular or light-hearted intent.
What part of speech is -eroo?
-eroo is a suffix.

Words near -eroo in the dictionary

  1. -erize
  2. -erized
  3. -erizes
  4. -erizing
  5. -ern
  6. -eroo
  7. -eroonie
  8. -ers
  9. -ery
  10. -es
  11. -esce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -eroo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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