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-ulent

  1. 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.



-ulent

suffix forming adjectives

  1. abundant or full of

    fraudulent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ulent1

From the Latin suffix -ulentus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ulent1

from Latin -ulentus
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Example Sentences

Pū′beral; Pūber′ulent, covered with very fine downy hairs.—ns.

Hence to name these institutions, under such charters, colleges, is a fraud- ulent claim.

Originally, preposterous meant having the after part before. ulent = full of.

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