-ULOUS


Meaning of -ULOUS in English

a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning "inclined to do, habitually engaging in" the action specified by the initial element: bibulous; credulous; garrulous; tremulous.

[ -ulus, -ula, -ulum; see -ULE, -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .