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  1. Suffix.  of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
  2. Suffix.  (non-gloss definition, Appended to nouns to form an agent noun) .

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