-xeny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. guest, stranger, host

Pronunciation

—ksĭnĭ —ksĭni /-ksɪnɪ/ —ksəni /-ksəni/

Word forms

-xeny

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía), from ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange; foreigner, stranger, guest”).

Synonyms

Derived words

autoxeny heteroxeny lipoxeny metoxeny proxeny
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