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adverb suffix

Definition of -AD

:  in the direction of :  toward <cephalad>
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Origin of -AD

Latin ad

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noun suffix

Definition of -AD

:  member of a botanical group <bromeliad>

Origin of -AD

probably from New Latin -ad-, -as, from Greek, suffix denoting descent from or connection with

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79 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -ad
  2. ad
  3. ad-
  4. ad absurdum
  5. ad captandum
  6. ad court
  7. ad creep
  8. ad eundem
  9. ad feminam
  10. ad filum aquae
  11. ad hoc
  12. ad hocism
  13. ad hockery
  14. ad-hocracy
  15. ad hominem
  16. ad idem
  17. ad ignorantiam
  18. ad infinitum
  19. ad interim
  20. ad interim copyright
  21. ad lib
  22. ad-lib
  23. ad-libber
  24. ad libitum
  25. ad litem
  26. ad locum
  27. ad maker
  28. ad manum mortuam
  29. ad misericordiam
  30. ad nauseam
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