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SBS
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
SBS n. see short bowel syndrome .
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-ate
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...ate2 suffix of pps., ppl. adjs., and sbs., repr. (partly through F. -at...as desperate , separate a . A. Added to sbs. with the sense ‘provided with...crescent-shaped. B. L. pps. were used as sbs., in all three genders, as (i) leg...
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-er
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...learner, f. leornian , etc. Some Gmc. sbs. seem to be directly based on or suggested by L. agent-nouns formed on sbs.: e.g. OE. bōcere scribe...f. liber book; direct formations on sbs. occur in OE., e.g. sangere singer...
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-ess
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
-ess1 suffix forming sbs. denoting female persons and animals...the formation of fem. derivs. of masc. sbs., e.g. F. comtesse (f. comte...to governess ; there are several cases of sbs. in -tor with fems. in -tress (e...
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-ence
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...APPEARANCE , contenance COUNTENANCE . Later, L. sbs. in -ntia were adopted in F. with the L...and meanings; but in early mod. Eng. some sbs. in -ance have been altered back to -ence , and all sbs. adopted since have followed the L. forms...
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-ic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...see -ATIC , -AGE ). Derivative abstract sbs. end in -icity , as domesticity , publicity...in -ikós were used absol. as sbs. (i) in the m. sg., e.g. kritik...gymnastics , politics . There are also many sbs. formed from adjs. in -ic taken absol...
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-ose
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...ose1 suffix repr. L. -ōsus , forming adjs. from sbs. with the meaning ‘full of’, ‘...x14D;sus MOROSE , verbōsus VERBOSE . The corr. sbs. end in -osity , repr. F. -osité , L. -ō...
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-al
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
-al1 suffix repr. L. -ālis forming adjs. from sbs. with the sense ‘of the kind of, pertaining to...with -al unrestrictedly. The L. adjs. were primarily f. sbs., as ōrālis ORAL , f. ōs...
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be-
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...beġēotan sprinkle, bethink ; B. with sbs. and adjs. ‘so as to make what is expressed by them’, as becalm (XVI), befoul (XIV); C. with sbs. ‘surround or envelop with’, ‘...
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dis-
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...comp. vbs., as disestablish , disinter , disown , 4. with sbs. forms vbs. meaning to free or deprive of a quality or character...disrobe , 5. with adjs. forms vbs., as disable , 6. with sbs. expresses the reverse or lack of, as disquiet , disservice...
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