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-orium

suffix

  1. (establishment in which a specific activity is carried on)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.əm/ / /-ˈoɹ.ɪ.əm/ / /-ˈoːɹ.ɪ.əm/

suffix

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -ōrium. Doublet of -ory.

  1. Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing.

    appress + -orium → appressorium

    “It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.”