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-rel
1- a noun suffix having a diminutive or pejorative force:
wastrel.
rel.
2abbreviation for
- relating.
- relative.
- relatively.
- released.
- religion.
- religious.
rel.
1abbreviation for
- relating
- relative(ly)
-rel
2suffix forming nouns
- mainly disparaging indicating a person or thing viewed as diminutive, trivial, or worthless
mongrel
wastrel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -rel1
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Example Sentences
We each catalog each other, all the time, just in case,” said Ariel Schulman, who goes by “Rel.
Aquarelle, ak-wa-rel′, n. water-colour painting, or a painting in water-colours.
I have knows he is that new saw rel horse I have heard the grandpa at the ranch-house say he was going to get.
Pickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin.
That pick'rel pulled and I hung on and he took me clear to the bottom in eighteen foot of water.
I done know you is Mars Peters relatifs; but sho it dont seem like you was rel blood kin to de Stowers.
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