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Lexical category Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -ory

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb.

See Also
suppletion
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ory cory rory sory lory dory gory jory pory frory flory emory atory glory chory story moory amory armory memory
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