parelcon (etymology)
Definition: Adding one or more syllables to the end of a word.
Example: Walkies?
Etymology: The word derives from the Greek parelkein, to prolong.
Oxford English Dictionary: The first OED citation is from 1678: "Parelcon, Protraction, a figure wherein a word or syllable is added to the end of another…."
(Phillips (ed. 4))



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