-ifugecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: febrifuge adj.; centrifuge adj.

Etymology: < -ifuge (in febrifuge adj., centrifuge adj., etc.); compare -i- connective and -fuge comb. form.Found in a small number of formations, e.g. ombrifuge n., miasmifuge adj., modelled on words in -fuge comb. form.

Forming nouns denoting something which drives out or repels what is indicated by the first element, as ombrifuge n., and forming adjectives designating things of this type, as miasmifuge adj. Cf. -fuge comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-ifuge
释义	-ifugecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: febrifuge adj.; centrifuge adj. Etymology: < -ifuge (in febrifuge adj., centrifuge adj., etc.); compare -i- connective and -fuge comb. form.Found in a small number of formations, e.g. ombrifuge n., miasmifuge adj., modelled on words in -fuge comb. form. Forming nouns denoting something which drives out or repels what is indicated by the first element, as ombrifuge n., and forming adjectives designating things of this type, as miasmifuge adj. Cf. -fuge comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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