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-fuge

  1. a combining form occurring in compound words which have the general sense “something that repels or drives away” whatever is specified by the initial element:

    vermifuge.



-fuge

combining form

  1. indicating an agent or substance that expels or drives away

    vermifuge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -fugal, combining_form:in_adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of -fuge1

< French < Latin -fugus, derivative of ڳܲ to drive away
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of -fuge1

from Latin ڳܲ to expel, put to flight

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