单词 | unguinous |
释义 | unguinous in British English (ˈʌŋɡwɪnəs) adjective obsolete fatty; greasy; oily Word origin C17: from Latin unguinōsus oily, from unguin-, unguen a fatty substance, from unguere to anoint, besmearunguinous in American English (ˈuŋɡwɪnəs) adjective resembling, containing, or consisting of fat or oil; greasy; oily Word origin [1595–1605; ‹ L unguinōsus, equiv. to unguin- (s. of unguen) ointment + -ōsus -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Creole, detail, redundant, toss, vernacular-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous) |
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