-ancy


  1. a combination of -ance and -y3, used to form nouns denoting state or quality: brilliancy.

Origin of -ancy

1
<Latin -antia, equivalent to -ant--ant (-ā- thematic vowel + -nt- present participle suffix) + -ia-y3

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British Dictionary definitions for -ancy

-ancy

suffix forming nouns
  1. a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality: expectancy; poignancy; malignancy

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