-aster

Definitiones

suffix of nouns or adjectives, expressing half, partial, or incomplete resemblance to the root word meaning; hence in some cases may be pejorative

declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix

Exempla

“pater (“father”) + -aster → patraster (“father-in-law; stepfather”)”

“pullus (“chicken”) + -astra → pullastra (“young hen; pullet”)”

“philosophus (“philosopher”) + -aster → philosophaster (“petty, charlatan philosopher; philosophaster”)”

Gradus CEFR