-arioussuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Etymology: < Latin -ārius , -a , -um ‘connected with, pertaining to’ + -ous suffix (as if < Latin -āriōsus; cf. cariōsus, carious).

Forming adjectives. The regular English representation of -ārius is -ary suffix¹; but the compound suffix is of occasional use, as in cibarious, gregarious, temerarious, vicarious, and as a by-form in arbitrarious, contrarious, etc. (Hilarious, from Latin hilari-s + -ous, seems to owe its form to association with this suffix.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-arious
释义	-arioussuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Etymology: < Latin -ārius , -a , -um ‘connected with, pertaining to’ + -ous suffix (as if < Latin -āriōsus; cf. cariōsus, carious). Forming adjectives. The regular English representation of -ārius is -ary suffix¹; but the compound suffix is of occasional use, as in cibarious, gregarious, temerarious, vicarious, and as a by-form in arbitrarious, contrarious, etc. (Hilarious, from Latin hilari-s + -ous, seems to owe its form to association with this suffix.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < suffix
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