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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A terminal element in words of Latin origin, the common adjective form of -ger, ‘-bearing,’ as in cornigerous, etc.
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- n. Bearing or producing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- A suffix signifying
bearing ,producing
Etymologies
- From Latin gero ("I carry") (from gerere ("to bear, carry")) + English -ous; see jest. (Wiktionary)
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