-ancy
suff. Condition or quality: buoyancy.
[Latin -antia and -entia; see -ance.]
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-ancy
suffix forming nouns a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality: expectancy; poignancy; malignancy.
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-ancy
a combination of
-ance and
-y, used to form nouns denoting state or quality:
brilliancy. [< Latin
-antia=
-ant- -ant +
-ia -y3]
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