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-rific

-rific suffix: used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives.

Suffix

-rific

  1. Used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives.
    Synonyms:
    -riffic

Synonyms of -rific

Origin of -rific

Back-formation from terrific.

Questions about -rific

What does -rific mean?
-rific means used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives.
What part of speech is -rific?
-rific is a suffix.

Words near -rific in the dictionary

  1. -retin-
  2. -ribine
  3. -ric
  4. -ridden
  5. -riffic
  6. -rific
  7. -rinone
  8. -rise
  9. -ritide
  10. -rolimus
  11. -rozole

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