- -ulent
- suffix forming adjectives meaning 'abounding in, full of' (fraudulent; turbulent).
Derivatives:
-ulence suffix forming nouns.
Etymology: L -ulentus
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\(y)ələnt\ adjective suffix: that abounds in (a specified thing) : that has (a specified thing) in marked amount or degreenidorulent
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a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning "having in quantity, full of" that specified by the initial element: corpulent; fraudulent; opulent; purulent.Also, -lent.[ < L -ulentus]* * *
-ulent /-ū-lənt/adj sfxDenoting a copious amount, as in fraudulent, purulentORIGIN: L -ulentus* * *
suffix (forming adjectives) abounding in; full offraudulent | purulent | virulent. Compare with -lent
Origin:from Latin -ulentus* * *
-ulent, suffixad. L. -ulentus employed to form adjs., usually with the force of ‘abounding in’, ‘full of’ (some thing or quality), as fraudulentus fraudulent, opulentus opulent, truculentus truculent, etc. (Variant forms of the suffix are -olentus, as in vinolentus vinolent, violentus violent, and -ilentus as in gracilentus slender, pestilentus pestilent.) A considerable number of the formations occurring in Latin have been adopted in English, and a few have been added either from mediæval or modern Latin, or by direct formation on Latin stems, as cinerulent, flatulent, herbulent, nidorulent, torpulent.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.