Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A suffix of Latin origin occurring in adjectives and nouns from original Latin adjectives in the comparative degree, as inferior, superior, interior, exterior, junior, senior, etc.
- noun A suffix, the same as -or, with a preceding vowel, representing a type derived from Latin -āt-or. Examples are savior, warrior, etc., and currior, curriour, etc., now currier, etc. In some words the termination -ior, -iour has been substituted for a similar suffix of other origin, as in havior, behaviour.
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Examples
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Sometimes when dogs are dcdhasing cats, it is imperativve that they bark in ior\der to alert rats in the vicinity that cats are coming.
Firefox vs. Safari 2005
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In this — paradoxically — the lads’ behavior is much more closely connected to that of the sensitive, New Age, pantywaist male than to that of the devil-may-care rogue of old.
Are We Not Men? 2007
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In this — paradoxically — the lads’ behavior is much more closely connected to that of the sensitive, New Age, pantywaist male than to that of the devil-may-care rogue of old.
Are We Not Men? 2007
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Dropping the guttural termination, therefore, and writing "ior" instead of "iwrch," we have the significant designation of the animal described by Lord
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I've watched many a case of minorities convicted of hate crimes so these comments about these new, tougher laws only applies to white ior only certain groups are truly, truly idiotic.
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Stereotype threat refers to the perceived risk of confi rming, through one's behav - ior or outcomes, negative stereotypes that are held about one's social identity.
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" These busts, Mr. Pollock writes, " arise from the intrinsic nature of human financial behav ior.
Carried Away, Yet Again James R. Hagerty 2010
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He obfuscates ior prevaricates facts to prop up his imaginative narrative. 57 states?
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She is 11 million ior so n debt to herself – she needs money.
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Gen. Chiarelli said one of the more important steps was reviving past practices that helped officers and others monitor at-risk behav ior in soldiers and intervene.
Soldiers' Suicide Rate Tied to Access to Problems at Home 2010
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