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c. Adjective Suffixes

Adjective-Forming Suffixes
Suffix form Suffix Meanings Example Literal meaning

-able / -ible 'able to' adorable 'able to be adored'
-al natal 'pertaining to birth'
-ary / -ory sensory 'pertaining to feeling'

-ate 'having' irate 'having anger (ire)'
-ent / -ant fluent 'flowing'
-ic 'being' chronic 'pertaining to time'

-ile 'pertaining to' senile 'being old'
-ine canine 'pertaining to dogs'
-ite 'VERB + ing ' finite 'having an end'
-ive cursive 'running'

-ous dolorous 'suffering'
-oid 'resembling' android 'resembling a man'

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