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   -ee

   /iː/

   suffix

   • 1. forming nouns denoting the person affected directly or indirectly by the action of the formative verb: "employee"
   • 2. forming nouns denoting a person described as or concerned with: "absentee"
   • 3. forming nouns denoting an object of relatively smaller size: "bootee"

   Word Origin from Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns (e.g. refugee from réfugié).

   Scrabble Points: 2

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