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-more

-more suffix: used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.

Suffix (1)

-more

  1. (archaic) Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.
    • nethermore

Suffix (2)

-more

  1. Used for placenames; variant of moor.

Origin of -more

From Middle English -more, -mor, from mor (“more”, adverb). Analogically formed to -most.

Identical with moor.

Questions about -more

What does -more mean?
-more means used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.
What part of speech is -more?
-more is a suffix.

Words near -more in the dictionary

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

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