-rel

¹

1. a noun suffix having a diminutive or pejorative force:

   wastrel.

rel.

²

abbreviation for

1. relating.
2. relative.
3. relatively.
4. released.
5. religion.
6. religious.

rel.

¹

abbreviation for

1. relating
2. relative(ly)

-rel

²

suffix forming nouns

1. mainly disparaging indicating a person or thing viewed as diminutive, trivial, or worthless

   wastrel

   mongrel

Word History and Origins

Origin of -rel¹

Middle English < Old French -erel, -erelle

Example Sentences

We each catalog each other, all the time, just in case,” said Ariel Schulman, who goes by “Rel.

From The Daily Beast

Aquarelle, ak-wa-rel′, n. water-colour painting, or a painting in water-colours.

From Project Gutenberg

I have knows he is that new saw rel horse I have heard the grandpa at the ranch-house say he was going to get.

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Pickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin.

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That pick'rel pulled and I hung on and he took me clear to the bottom in eighteen foot of water.

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I done know you is Mars Peters relatifs; but sho it dont seem like you was rel blood kin to de Stowers.

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