-ment
-ment
Origin:
< French < Latin -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs
< French < Latin -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs
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| -ment | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating state, condition, or quality: enjoyment |
| 2. | indicating the result or product of an action: embankment |
| 3. | indicating process or action: management |
| [from French, from Latin -mentum] | |
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-ment
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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-ment
suffix forming nouns, originally from Fr. and representing L. -mentum, which was added to verb stems sometimes to represent the result or product of the action. Used with English verb stems from 16c. (e.g. merriment, which also illustrates the habit of turning -y to -i- before this suffix).
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