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1. -aholic, suffix View full entry 1954
...Forming nouns (often humorous nonce-words) denoting a person who appears to be addicted to the thing, activity, etc., expressed by the first element, as computerholic, newsaholic, spendaholic...
2. -cade, suffix View full entry 1936
...Taken by a false division of cavalcade and used in various Combs., as aquacadeaqua-, motorcade, etc., in the sense ‘a procession, a show’....
3. -ola, suffix2 View full entry
...Used to form nouns denoting commercial products (as Editola, moviola, Victrola). Subsequently (slang) used as a humorous device for extending ordinary words (e.g. ...
4. -plex, suffix1 View full entry 1970
...A terminal element equivalent to English -fold, forming nouns and adjectives; spec. (orig. U.S.) with a numeral as first element, designating a building divided into...
5. -ski, suffix View full entry 1902
...A suffix appended to a word or phrase in humorous imitation of Russian. Cf. buttinsky...
6. -teria, suffix View full entry 1923
...A suffix used commercially to form the names of self-service retail or catering establishments....
