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-phony

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -phony (noun combining form)
  2. phony (adjective)
  3. phony (noun)
  4. phony (verb)
  5. phony-baloney (adjective)
  6. phony disease (noun)

-phony

noun combining form

Definition of -PHONY

1
: sound <telephony>
2
usually -phonia : speech disorder of a (specified) type <dysphonia>

Variants of -PHONY

-phony also -phonia

Origin of -PHONY

Latin -phonia, from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos sounding — more at -phone

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