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-acity

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  1. a complex noun suffix meaning “quality of ” or “abounding in the characteristic of,” appearing in loanwords from Latin.

    tenacity.

Etymology

Origin of -acity

Middle English -acite ≪ Latin -ācitāt- (stem of -ācitās ). See -acious, -ity

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