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-ides

-ides

a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names: cantharides.

Origin:
< Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id1
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-ides is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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