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-tainment

-tainment suffix: denoting material created in part to entertain, while also serving another purpose.

Suffix

-tainment

  1. Denoting material created in part to entertain, while also serving another purpose.

Origin of -tainment

Back-formation from entertainment.

Words formed from -tainment

Questions about -tainment

What does -tainment mean?
-tainment means denoting material created in part to entertain, while also serving another purpose.
What part of speech is -tainment?
-tainment is a suffix.

Words near -tainment in the dictionary

  1. -t
  2. -tacism
  3. -tactic
  4. -tacular
  5. -tadine
  6. -tainment
  7. -tan
  8. -tant
  9. -taph
  10. -tard
  11. -tarded

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