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-ean
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-ean
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| -an, -ean or -ian | |
| —suffix | |
| 1. | (forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from: European |
| 2. | (forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of: Elizabethan |
| 3. | (forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of: Christian |
| 4. | (forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in: dietitian; phonetician |
| [from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives] | |
| -ean, -ean or -ian | |
| —suffix | |
| [from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives] | |
| -ian, -ean or -ian | |
| —suffix | |
| [from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives] | |
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Word Origin & History
-ean
variant of -an after names ending in -ea, -es, -eus.
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