"-ific" meaning in English

See -ific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ficus, from facere (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-ficus}} Latin -ficus, {{m|la|facere||to make}} facere (“to make”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ific, {{en-suffix}} -ific
  1. Creating or causing something. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ific-en-suffix-ZyVYK3qF
  2. (informal) Very; extremely; forming adjectives from nouns. Tags: informal, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ific-en-suffix-1~GapFhP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79

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