-id
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- In the English language, suffix -id changes some nouns into adjectives, particularly nouns ending in -or and -er. From Greek -idos.
[edit] Examples
- horror > horrid
- vapor > vapid
- valor > valid
- turgor > turgid
- torpor > torpid
- candor > candid
- stupor > stupid
- rigor > rigid
- pallor > pallid
- acer > acrid
- livere (Latin) > livid
- rabies > rabid
- squalor > squalid
- splendor > splendid
- fetere (Latin) > fetid
- Leo > leonid (and other meteor showers)
- liquor > liquid
