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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, tjud /

noun

Slang.

1. an arrogant attitude.

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-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.

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’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 )

Example Sentences

See -ther, and cf. -or, -our, -er. -tor-y, -sor-y, noun suffix, denoting place, as dormitory. -tude forms abstract nouns, as gratitude.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various