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Definition of -id
1. Suffix. (context: not productive except in zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin. ¹
2. Suffix. (chiefly _ botany astronomy) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, and the names of meteors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of -id
| -iatrician -iatrics -iatry -ibility -ible -ibly -ic -ica -ical -icide | -icism -icity -ick -icle -ics -id (current term) -ide -idine -ie -ienne | -ier -ies -iferous -ification -iform -ify -ile -illion -ily -imundo |
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