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-lent

a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, var. of -ulent: pestilent.

-ulent

a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning “having in quantity, full of” that specified by the initial element: corpulent; fraudulent; opulent; purulent.
Also, -lent.


Origin:
< L -ulentus
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-ulent 
from L. adj. suffix -ulentus "full of."
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