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ery e'ry English Pronunciation en /əɹi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ery.wav Southern England Etymology 1 en forming nouns :inh enm:-erie 1 From en enm -erie, from en xno -erie, which is from fro -ier -ie 1; a suffix forming abstract nouns. The suffix first occurs in loans from Old French into Middle English, but becomes productive within English by the 16th century, in some instances properly a combination of the agent suffix en -er with en -y#Etymology 3 -y as in en bakery, en brewery, but also as a single suffix in terms like en slavery, en machinery (which are not derived from en slaver or en machiner). en -er -y<id:abstract noun>. Alternative forms en -erie place otherwise obsolete en -ry Suffix ~ Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of." en midwife midwifery midwifery en cook cookery cookery Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice). en bake bakery bakery en distill distillery distillery en join joinery joinery Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of." en crock crockery crockery en hose hosiery hosiery en shrub shrubbery shrubbery Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of." en snob snobbery snobbery en tomfool tomfoolery tomfoolery Synonyms place of en -ing en activity collection en -age, en -ing Derived terms en Translations art, craft or practice Hungarian: hu -ászat/hu -észet, hu -ság/hu -ség, hu -ás/hu -és Interlingua: ia -eria Middle English: enm -erie Polish: pl -eria f place of art, craft or practice Catalan: ca -eria f Esperanto: eo -ejo Finnish: fi -mo French: fr -erie Hungarian: hu -da/hu -de, hu -ság/hu -ség Interlingua: ia -eria Italian: it -eria f Lithuanian: lt -ykla f Middle English: enm -erie Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -ri Polish: pl -nia f Portuguese: pt -aria f Romanian: ro -ărie f Spanish: es -ería f organisation or movement Hungarian: hu -ság/hu -ség Polish: pl -eria f class or group, collection of Esperanto: eo -aro French: fr -erie Hungarian: hu -s, hu -os, hu -as, hu -es, hu -ös, hu áru -áru Interlingua: ia -eria Middle English: enm -erie Polish: pl -eria f Romanian: ro -ărie f characteristic of Esperanto: eo -eco Hungarian: hu -ság/hu -ség, hu -askodás/hu -eskedés/hu -ösködés/hu -skodás/hu -skedés/hu -sködés Polish: pl -eria f Portuguese: pt -agem f See also :Category:English terms suffixed with -ry Etymology 2 Alteration of en -y. Suffix en adjectival en rare Forming adjectives. en 1917 The Christian Advocate XCII New York, N.Y. 559 https://books.google.com/books?id=y8lOAAAAYAAJ&q=bumpery 1 2157-569X 10317989 My neighbors’ children play with me. / They come for me to ease their woes, / Bleedery stumpings of the toes, / Splinters in fingers, at whose base / Angels have left their kissery trace; / Skinned elbows and such bruisery rings, / Or bumpery dots from wood bees’ stings. Derived terms en adjectival Anagrams en ery -yer Rey Rye Yer eyr rye yer yre Polish Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix form m-pr pl -er deprecative nom//voc p Suffix pl suffix form m-anml m-in pl -er nom//acc//voc p