Definition of "acy" []

• A suffix of Latin or Greek origin, forming nouns of quality, state, condition, office, etc., from nouns in -ate (which becomes -ac-, the suffix being -ate changed to -ac-, + -y), as in primacy, curacy, advocacy, piracy, etc., or from adjectives in -acious, as in fallacy. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I hope they can pull it off, but I have serious doubts. acy Says:"
• "A 1971 series by the Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow called "Photosculptures" (close-ups of stretched chewing gum) is only the most obvious leg acy of their thinking."
• ""No confidences, Watson; for they are mighty awkward if it comes to an arrest for conspir - acy and murder.""