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-tude

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a suffix appearing in abstract nouns (generally formed from Latin adjectives or participles) of Latin origin (latitude; altitude); on this model, used in the formation of new nouns: platitude.

Origin:
< Latin -tūdō (> French -tude)

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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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-tude

—*suffix forming nouns*
	indicating state or condition: plenitude

[from Latin -tūdō]

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-tude

Latinate suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives and participles (corresponding to native -ness), from Fr. -tude, from L. -tudo (gen. -tudinis). As a word in its own right, teenager slang shortening of attitude, it dates from 1970s.

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"A man of intellect is like an artist who gives a concert without any help from anyone else, playing on a single instrument—a piano, say, which is a little orchestra in itself. Such a man is a little world in himself; and the effect produced by various instruments together, he produces single-handed, in the unity of his own consciousness. Like the piano, he has no place in a symphony; he is a soloist and performs by himself—in soli tude, it may be; or if in the company with other instruments, only as principal; or for setting the tone, as in singing."

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