-rel


-rel

suffix forming nouns mainly disparaging indicating a person or thing viewed as diminutive, trivial, or worthless: mongrel; wastrel.

-rel

or -erel

a noun suffix having diminutive or pejorative force: wastrel. [Middle English < Old French -erel, -erelle]

rel.

1. relating. 2. relative. 3. relatively. 4. released. 5. religion.