Definitions
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- suffix Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the
language spoken by these people. - suffix Used to form
nouns meaning thejargon used by a particularprofession or in a particularcontext .
Etymologies
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From Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis.
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