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-ery
noun suffix
Definition of -ery
-eries
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
From the M-W Editors
Origin and Etymology of -ery
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y
-ERY Defined for English Language Learners
-ery
noun suffix
Definition of -ery for English Language Learners
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: qualities considered as a group : character
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: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (something)
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: collection
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