¹ brun (French) - brown masculine brunet (Fr) feminine brunette (Fr / Eng)

Hire (V) hireling (menial or hourly worker)īumpkin 'little barrel' a simple person (M. ISSA (Greek) – meli 'honey' Melissa ('honey bee') Clarissa (fem./diminutive of Clara)įind word origins (etymology) on .Ĭhange (V) – changeling (folklore– baby left by fairy)

² bachelor (N) – a young unmarried man a college degree ¹ brun (French) – brown masculine hair color brunet (Fr) feminine brunette (Fr / Eng) (Huddleston 19 5.7 Nominalizations) (Swan 384-6)īrunet¹ (Adj) – brunette (fem.)īeatus (N) – Beatrice ² spinster – used for a woman who has never married, 'a spinner of thread' a person who does yarn spinning ( Group noun) The young have time, the old do not. ¹ young / old – could be an adj or a noun: (Adj) He is young not old. ¹divorce - end a marriage: (N) The divorce was final. EE person / instrument / recipient of action ERY location, collective, behavior conditionĪlso see Adjective Forms for: -able, -ant, -ary, -ed, -en -ent, -ful, -ic, -ical, -less, -ing, -ive, -ish, -like, -y.Īlso see Negative Prefixes for : a-, dis-, il-, in-, im-, ir-, non-, un. You can also Control-click the word to access your computer's dictionary. Stress – the part of the word that receives emphasis is bolded. Nominalization – the forming of words from other categories, verbs and nouns, by suffixation. ERY a business or trade, a behavior, a condition ANCE / -ENCE action, state, condition or quality

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