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-out-law

-out-law suffix: related through a nonmarital romantic relationship, through a platonic relationship or friendship or through a marriage that ended in divorce.

Suffix

-out-law

  1. Related through a nonmarital romantic relationship, through a platonic relationship or friendship or through a marriage that ended in divorce.

Origin of -out-law

By analogy to -in-law.

Questions about -out-law

What does -out-law mean?
-out-law means related through a nonmarital romantic relationship, through a platonic relationship or friendship or through a marriage that ended in divorce.
What part of speech is -out-law?
-out-law is a suffix.

Words near -out-law in the dictionary

  1. -oth
  2. -otic
  3. -otomy
  4. -our
  5. -ous
  6. -out-law
  7. -ov
  8. -oxacin
  9. -oxanide
  10. -oxepin
  11. -oxetine

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