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-ery

  1. a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place or establishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc.:

    archery; bakery; cutlery; fishery; trickery; witchery.



-ery

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating a place of business or some other activity

    refinery

    brewery

    bakery

  2. indicating a class or collection of things

    greenery

    cutlery

  3. indicating qualities or actions collectively

    trickery

    snobbery

  4. indicating a practice or occupation

    husbandry

  5. indicating a state or condition

    slavery

“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 -ery1

Middle English < Old French -erie, equivalent to -ier -er 2 + -ie -y 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ery1

from Old French -erie; see -er 1, -y ³
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Example Sentences

He was “v[ery] hot under the collar ... frustrated and mad, self-righteous.”

Ape′dom; Ape′hood; Ap′ery, conduct of one who apes, any ape-like action: a colony of apes.

Artill′erist, one skilled in artillery or gunnery; Artill′ery-man, a soldier of the artillery.

Owl′ery, an abode of owls: (Carlyle) an owl-like character; Owl′et, a little or young owl.

Redeliv′erance; Redeliv′ery, the act of delivering back: a second delivery or liberation.

Show′erless, without showers; Show′ery, abounding with showers.

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