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-rel

1
  1. a noun suffix having a diminutive or pejorative force:

    wastrel.



rel.

2

abbreviation for

  1. relating.
  2. relative.
  3. relatively.
  4. released.
  5. religion.
  6. religious.

rel.

1

abbreviation for

  1. relating
  2. relative(ly)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


-rel

2

suffix forming nouns

  1. mainly disparaging indicating a person or thing viewed as diminutive, trivial, or worthless

    wastrel

    mongrel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -rel1

Middle English < Old French -erel, -erelle
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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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