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-style

-style suffix: column(s); forming adjectives.

Suffix

-style

  1. column(s); forming adjectives
    • ortho- + -style → orthostyle

Origin of -style

From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar, column”), or -στῦλος (-stûlos, “columned”).

Questions about -style

What does -style mean?
-style means column(s); forming adjectives.
What part of speech is -style?
-style is a suffix.

Words near -style in the dictionary

  1. -stomatous
  2. -stome
  3. -stomy
  4. -stress
  5. -strophy
  6. -style
  7. -styly
  8. -sy
  9. -t
  10. -tacism
  11. -tactic

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