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-mony

-mony suffix: deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun usually from personal adjectives.

Suffix

-mony

  1. Deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun usually from personal adjectives.
  2. Denominal and deverbal suffix used to form a noun designating a legal status, estate, property.

Origin of -mony

Learned borrowing from Latin -mōnium, -mōnia.

Questions about -mony

What does -mony mean?
-mony means deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun usually from personal adjectives.
What part of speech is -mony?
-mony is a suffix.

Words near -mony in the dictionary

  1. -mog
  2. -mogged
  3. -mogging
  4. -mogs
  5. -mont
  6. -mony
  7. -more
  8. -morelin
  9. -morph
  10. -morphic
  11. -morphism

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