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-ition

-ition

a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite2 and -ion: expedition; extradition.

Origin:
< Latin -itiōn- or -ītiōn-, stem of -itiō or -ītiō. See -ite2, -ion
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-ition is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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