-acy: Meaning and Definition of

-acy

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a suffix of nouns of quality, state, office, etc., many of which accompany adjectives in -acious or nouns or adjectives in -ate: fallacy; papacy; legacy; delicacy; piracy.
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