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  • 'tude
    'tude
    noun
    an arrogant attitude.
  • -tude
    -tude
    a suffix appearing in abstract nouns (generally formed from Latin adjectives or participles) of Latin origin (latitude; altitude ); on this model, used in the formation of new nouns.
  • ’tude
    ’tude
    noun
    a hostile or defiant manner

'tude

1 American  
[tood, tyood] / tud, tyud /

noun

Slang.

  1. an arrogant attitude.

-tude 2 American  

  1. a suffix appearing in abstract nouns (generally formed from Latin adjectives or participles) of Latin origin (latitude; altitude ); on this model, used in the formation of new nouns.

    platitude.
’tude 1 British  
/ tjuːd, tuːd /

noun

  1. slang a hostile or defiant manner

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-tude 2 British  

suffix

  1. indicating state or condition

    plenitude
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Etymology

Origin of 'tude1

First recorded in 1970–75; shortened form of attitude

Origin of -tude2

< Latin -tūdō (> French -tude )

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