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suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating the names of meteor showers that appear to radiate from a specified constellation ⇒ Orionids (from Orion)
  2. indicating a particle, body, or structure of a specified kind ⇒ energid

Word Origin

from Latin -id-, -is, from Greek, feminine suffix of origin

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Definitions

suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating members of a zoological family ⇒ cyprinid
  2. indicating members of a dynasty ⇒ Seleucid, Fatimid

Word Origin

from New Latin -idae or -ida, from Greek -idēs suffix indicating offspring

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Definitions

suffix forming nouns

  1. a variant of -ide

-ide or -id

Definitions

suffix forming nouns

  1. added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements indicating a binary compound ⇒ sodium chloride
  2. indicating an organic compound derived from another ⇒ acetanilide
  3. indicating one of a class of compounds or elements ⇒ peptide, lanthanide

Word Origin

from German -id, from French oxideoxide, based on the suffix of acideacid

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