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-endlic

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Old English

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Etymology

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Combined form, created from -ende (present participle ending) +‎ -līċ (-ly, like) and from -end (agent suffix, ultimately from the present participle) +‎ -līċ (-ly, like).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-endlīċ

  1. forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of "able to, capable of"
    ācumendlīcpossible (literally, “able to arrive or come about”)
    būgendlīccapable of bending, bendable, flexible

Descendants

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  • Middle English: -endlic, -endlice, -andlic, -endliȝ, -andlike