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-nomy

  1. a combining form of Greek origin meaning “distribution,” “arrangement,” “management,”:

    astronomy; economy; taxonomy.



-nomy

combining form

  1. indicating a science or the laws governing a certain field of knowledge

    agronomy

    economy

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Derived Forms

  • -nomic, combining_form:in_adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -nomy1

< Greek -nomia law. See nomo-, -y 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -nomy1

from Greek -nomia law; related to nemein to distribute, control
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Example Sentences

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In nearby Hallandale Beach, Assistant City Manager Nomy Sandoval said the tragedy would prompt a review of about a dozen condo buildings.

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The author of “Awek Chuck Taylor,” Nomy Nozwir, 31, who writes as Nami Cob Nobbler, said it was based loosely on his own life.

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The Transfused, a rock opera written by the Need and fellow Olympian Nomy Lamm, is another testament to the town's capacity for organizing large-scale productions.

Words having the following terminations are usually accented on the antepenult, or third syllable from the end: cracy, ferous, fluent, flous, honal, gony, grapher, graphy, loger, logist, logy, loquy, machy, mathy, meter, metry, nomy, nomy, parous, pathy, phony, scopy, strophe, tomy, trophy, vomous, vorous.

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For thee will I master 'pathy and 'logy and 'nomy and 'sophy!

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