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Webster 1913 Edition

-ancy

-an-cy

.
[L.
-antia
.]
A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state;
as, const
ancy
, buoy
ancy
, inf
ancy
.

Definition 2024

-ancy

-ancy

English

Suffix

-ancy

  1. a condition or quality

Derived terms

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Etymology

From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc.

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