Dictionary  ar•yPronunciation: (âr'ē), [key] —adj. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. 1. any; anyone. 2. none, not any; nary. -arya suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Classical and Medieval Latin, on adjectives (elementary; honorary; stationary; tributary), personal nouns (actuary; notary; secretary), or nouns denoting objects, esp. receptacles or places (library; rosary; glossary). The suffix has the general sense “pertaining to, connected with” the referent named by the base; it is productive in English, sometimes with the additional senses “contributing to,” “for the purpose of,” and usually forming adjectives: complimentary; visionary; revolutionary; inflationary. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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