Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAppended to adjectives to form nouns meaning the state of being (the adjective), the quality of being (the adjective), or the measure of being (the adjective). · Substitute for part of another word to disguise meaning.
Cognate with English -ment, French -ment and Italian -mente.
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