-OUS


Meaning of -OUS in English

adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French -us, ~, from Latin -osus full of ; abounding in ; having ; possessing the qualities of , having a valence lower than in compounds or ions named with an adjective ending in -ic

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