-iad

后缀

英文释义

后缀
  1. Forming the name of an epic about the indicated topic. morpheme
    — The Athletiad, The Congressiad, The Female Dunciad, The Mooriad, The Popiad, The Rapiad, The Scribleriad
  2. A period of time from one occurrence of an (indicated, regularly recurrent) event to the next. morpheme,rare
    — Acrid the temper of the parties, vital the pending questions. Congress convenes; the President sends his Message; Reconstruction is still in abeyance; the nominations and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close, [...]

词源

词源 1
Based on Iliad.
词源 2
Based on Olympiad, and perhaps also influenced by the common ending iad on units of time formed by suffixing -ad to words ending in -ium, e.g. decenniad.
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