Definitions

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  • suffix An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with -s.
  • suffix Forms the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs (leapt, kept, dreamt, etc)

Etymologies

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Probably resulting from -s + the, or various other words beginning with th-, t-.

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From Middle English -te (preterite ending), -t (past participle ending), from Old English -de (first and third person preterite ending), -d (past participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-id- (preterite stem ending of class 1 weak verbs) and Proto-Germanic *-idaz (“past participle ending of class 1 weak verbs”).

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Examples

  • People look at the music as if it's being diluted, but I don't put out bull---t records.

    Guiding an Unlikely Reunion John Jurgensen 2011

  • People look at the music as if it's being diluted, but I don't put out bull---t records.

    Guiding an Unlikely Reunion John Jurgensen 2011

  • For the Palestinia­ns, it's a disaster no matter how it's viewed---t ­heir credibilit­y as an opposition movement is further eroded by this vicious violence.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • He had his retirement halved in 2001 and again in 2008, and, after 30 years of that s---t , he was just interested in preserving capital.

    unknown title 2011

  • Now Boehner says he wants to make chicken salad out of chicken s---t&r …

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Now Boehner says he wants to make chicken salad out of chicken s---t

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

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