-ar

variant of the adjective-forming suffix -al¹, joined to words in which an l precedes the suffix: circular; lunar; singular.

Origin:
< Latin -āris; replacing Middle English -er < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin -āris

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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variant of -er², often under the influence of a spelling with -ar- in a cognate Latin noun: burglar; cellar; collar; mortar; poplar; scholar; vicar; vinegar.

variant of -er¹ on the model of -ar², used in the formation of nouns of agency: liar; beggar.

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-ar

—*suffix forming adjectives*
	of; belonging to; like: linear; polar; minuscular

[via Old French -er from Latin -āris, replacing -ālis (-al¹) after stems ending in l]

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