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-cle
-cle
1Origin:
< French, Old French < Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, variant of -ulus -ule with nouns of the 3rd, 4th and 5th declensions, usually with the same gender as the base noun
< French, Old French < Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, variant of -ulus -ule with nouns of the 3rd, 4th and 5th declensions, usually with the same gender as the base noun
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-cle
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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-cle
2Origin:
< French, Old French < Latin -culum, -cula < *-tlom, *-tlā
< French, Old French < Latin -culum, -cula < *-tlom, *-tlā
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| -cle | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| indicating smallness: cubicle; particle | |
| [via Old French from Latin -culus. See | |
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