-ery
-ery
noun suffix plural -eries
Definition of -ERY
1
: qualities collectively : character : -ness <snobbery>
2
: art : practice <quackery> <trickery>
3
: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) <fishery> <bakery> <eatery>
4
: collection : aggregate <finery> <greenery>
5
: state or condition <slavery>
Origin of -ERY
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y
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