ior

-ior

a suffix of comparatives appearing in words of Latin origin: superior; ulterior; junior.

Origin:
< Latin -ior, masculine and feminine comparative adj. suffix

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Ior is always a great word to know.
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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.
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.
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