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-cele
1- a combining form meaning “tumor,” used in the formation of compound words:
varicocele.
-cele
2- variant of -coele:
hematocele.
-cele
combining form
- tumour or hernia
hydrocele
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Origin of -cele1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -cele1
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Example Sentences
Et de les cele Yglise est li paleis de Monseignor li Dus, grant e biaus a mervoilles.
Again, the expression 'cele parole' shews that Jean de Meun is also here quoting from another, viz.
Possibly the name is derived from the Saxon "lowe" (hill) and "cele" (cold or chill) making it "the cold hill."
Quant aucunes gens la veoient qui ne la connoissoient pas, il demandoient qui cele dame estoit.
Acaso no me cele de provincial, Gegence; una yunta de botijas de vino.
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