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Affixes: The Building Blocks of English


About the free online Dictionary of Affixes.

This dictionary contains more than 1,250 entries, illustrated by some 10,000 examples, all defined and explained. It’s based on my book Ologies and Isms: Word Beginnings and Endings, published by Oxford University Press in 2002. The site is currently undergoing a series of revisions and updates.

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