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-ums

-ums suffix: used in forming affectionate terms of address.

Suffix

-ums

  1. Used in forming affectionate terms of address.

Origin of -ums

Perhaps after diddums or snookums.

Questions about -ums

What does -ums mean?
-ums means used in forming affectionate terms of address.
What part of speech is -ums?
-ums is a suffix.

Words near -ums in the dictionary

  1. -ula
  2. -ule
  3. -ulose
  4. -um
  5. -umab
  6. -ums
  7. -uous
  8. -ure
  9. -ures
  10. -uresis
  11. -uret

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