-e

humorous/-i/

suffix

Used for archaizing.

OriginMiddle English -e →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Used for archaizing.

    Ye Olde Webbe page / Whither thou goest, there thou be.

    1996, Jon Orwant, Perl 5 Interactive Course, →ISBN, page 679
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    YE OLDE ENGLISHE CHRISTMASSE FEASTE: Nine course authentic Renaissance festival banquet.

    1993, “10-13. Kenosha”, in Wisconsin Annual Events, page 38

    Go on tell what prob your having at the mo with ye olde computere! You don't get this crusty without one...do u?

    1999 June 14, Tina Clarke, “Re: How to make LINKS open in new Browser Window?”, in microsoft.public.frontpage.client (Usenet), message-ID <7k1f5j$607$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

    “Yes. It’s an English pub called Ye Olde Meate Markete.[…]”

    2002, Bruce Balfour, The Forge of Mars, Berkeley Publishing Group, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Middle English-e
  2. English-e

From archaic forms ending in e, from Middle English -e, from the coalescence of multiple various endings from Old English.

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APA

-e. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-e

MLA

“-e.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-e. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-e,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-e.

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