-fuge Definition
fyo͝oj
suffix
One that expels or drives away.
Vermifuge.
American Heritage
affix
Something that drives away or out.
Febrifuge, vermifuge.
Webster's New World
Origin of -fuge
French from New Latin -fugus driving away, fleeing from Latin fleeing (from fugere to flee) and from Latin fugāre to drive away (from fuga flight)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Fr < L fugere, to flee: see fugitive
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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