| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| 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. |
| -ose1 | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| possessing; resembling: verbose; grandiose | |
| [from Latin -ōsus; see | |
| -ose2 | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating a carbohydrate, esp a sugar: lactose |
| 2. | indicating a decomposition product of protein: albumose |
| [from | |
-ose 1
suff.
Possessing; having the characteristics of; full of: ramose.
-ose 2
suff.
carbohydrate: fructose.
Product of protein hydrolysis: proteose.
| -ose
A suffix used to form the chemical names of carbohydrates, such as glucose. |