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-ular suffix.
[Latin ularis, from dim. suffix -ul- + -aris -AR1.]
Forming adjectives from nouns, either as adaptations of Latin, medieval Latin, or mod. Latin forms, as angular, secular, etc., or formed in English from Latin nouns, as corpuscular, globular, etc. When both the simple noun and its diminutive exist in English, as gland, and glandule, the adjective in -ular is usu. associated with the former.