[1790–1800; talc + -ose1]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: echelon, gelatin, infiltration, modular, stereotype-ose is a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “aboundingin,” “given to,” “like”. Other words that use the affix -ose include: frondose, globose, jocose, otiose, verbose