of or containing uranium, esp in a low valence state
uranous in American English
(jʊˈreɪnəs; ˈjʊrənəs)
adjective
of or containing uranium, esp. in its lower valence
Word origin
uranium + -ous
uranous in American English
(ˈjurənəs, juːˈrei-)
adjective
Chemistry
containing trivalent uranium
Word origin
[1835–45; uran(ium) + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, cutaway, ecumenical, faceplate, grandstand-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)