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ule (iou)



-ule suffix. [ju:l]
[Repr. Latin dim. ending -ulus, -ula, -ulum.]
Forming dim. nouns, chiefly from corresp. Latin forms, as capsule, globule, nodule, pustule, etc., and occas. as mod. formations, as faunule. The Latin ending -ula is retained in some (esp. technical) words, as blastula, campanula, scrofula.