cy
cycle; cycles.
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-cya suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives with stems in -t, -te, -tic, and especially -nt (democracy; accuracy; expediency; stagnancy; lunacy ), and sometimes used to form action nouns (vacancy; occupancy ).
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Cy.abbreviationcounty.
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[sahy]
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a suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives with stems in -t, -te, -tic, and especially -nt (democracy; accuracy; expediency; stagnancy; lunacy ), and sometimes used to form action nouns (vacancy; occupancy ).
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a suffix of nouns denoting rank or office, sometimes attached to the stem of a word rather than to the word itself.
captaincy; magistracy.
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capacity.
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currency.
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cycle; cycles.
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(forming nouns from adjectives ending in -t, -tic, -te, and -nt) indicating state, quality, or condition
plutocracy
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intimacy
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(forming abstract nouns from other nouns) rank or office
captaincy
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Etymology
Origin of -cy
Representing French -cie, -tie, Latin -cia, -tia, Greek -kia, -keia, -tia, -teia; in most cases to be analyzed as consonant + -y 3, the consonant making the whole or the last member of the preceding morpheme
Example Sentences
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And while Sotomayor noted that such cy pres settlements are rare, Frank said more will be on the way because of the 9th Circuit’s standards.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2018
While appropriate in the trust context, cy pres’s application to class-action suits enables attorneys to bilk their clients by claiming it would be too difficult to distribute the money to class members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2018
Prove that if a, b, and c are positive constants, then all solutions to the second-order linear differential equation ay″ + by′ + cy = 0 approach zero as x → ∞.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
But in several instances, courts have rejected the settlements after finding the money dedicated to the cy pres award should go to the plaintiffs themselves, or are going to inappropriate charities.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2012
“Did anybody see which way he went? What an exciting day, what? Sa sa cy avaunt, cy sa avaunt, sa cy avaunt!”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Ohtani was considered the runaway MVP favorite early in the year, while his pitching performance also put him in the Cy Young conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Still, the Brewers or Rays almost certainly could have landed Skubal, the two-time reigning AL Cy Young recipient and an impending free agent this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
By adding the two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, the Dodgers are poised to enter October in pursuit of a three-peat with one of the best pitching rotations in MLB history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman all but confirmed Wednesday that the team would be in contact with the Tigers to gauge their asking price for reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A white Communist, a leader of the district of the Communist party, Cy Perry, a slender, close-cropped fellow, stood glaring at me.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
All of these minerals supported the connection to the CY meteorites, especially iron sulfide.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
The 2020 AL CY Young winner was dialed in, pitching like the staff ace he’s been for years in Cleveland and could be elsewhere going forward.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The reigning NL CY Young Award winner allowed a walk and had five strikeouts in a 101-pitch outing.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
“Having to call CY as soon as the lockout ended and tell him what our decision was, it wasn’t an easy phone call,” Kershaw said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
His ship was a Starflite class, Serial CY 122439.
From Noble Redman by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
Like the 10d. that preceded it, however, the corresponding values were inserted in the spandrels, "6d. stg." in the left hand pair and "7½d. cy." in the right hand pair.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes
I begin to fear that S.B. and Cy. are a nest of——.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
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