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-ad
11.
a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes of years: dyad; triad.
2.
a suffix meaning “derived from,” “related to,” “concerned with,” “associated with” (oread), introduced in loanwords from Greek (Olympiad; oread), used sporadically in imitation of Greek models, as Dunciad, after Iliad.
Origin:
Greek -ad- (stem of -as), specialization of feminine adjective-forming suffix, often used substantively
Greek -ad- (stem of -as), specialization of feminine adjective-forming suffix, often used substantively
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-ad
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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-ad
2variant of -ade1: ballad.
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| -ad1 | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | a group or unit (having so many parts or members): triad |
| 2. | an epic poem concerning (the subject indicated by the stem): Dunciad |
| [via Latin from Greek -ad- (plural -ades), originally forming adjectives; names of epic poems are all formed on the model of the Iliad] | |
| -ad2 | |
| —suffix forming adverbs | |
| denoting direction towards a specified part in anatomical descriptions: cephalad | |
| [from Latin ad to, towards] | |
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Word Origin & History
-ad
suffix denoting collective numerals (cf. Olympiad), from Gk. -as (gen. -ados), a suffix forming fem. nouns; also used in fem. patronymics (Dryad, Naiad, also, in plural, Pleiades, Hyades).
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Medical Dictionary
-ad suff.
In the direction of; toward: cephalad.
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