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-ancy
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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World English Dictionary
| -ance or -ancy | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| Compare -ence indicating an action, state or condition, or quality: hindrance; tenancy; resemblance | |
| [via Old French from Latin -antia; see | |
| -ancy or -ancy | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| [via Old French from Latin -antia; see | |
| -ancy | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality: expectancy; poignancy; malignancy | |
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Word Origin & History
-ancy
suffix denoting quality or state, from L. -antia, forming abstract nouns on pp. adjs. in -antem, appearing in Eng. mostly in words borrowed directly from Latin (those passing through Fr. usually have -ance or -ence; see -ance).
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