paragogic

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9

Definition of paragogic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
    “In the Semitic languages, paragogic letters are added to the ordinary forms of words to express additional emphasis or a change in the meaning.”
    “The loss of final -n is irregular. We would rather expect *teón to develop into **θòno, with a paragogic vowel as in (Log.) sámbene' ‘blood’ < sanguen, nòmene ‘name’ < nōmen and báttoro ‘four’ < quatt(u)or.”

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Etymology

From paragoge + -ic.

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