-ous

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 cannot be directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greek and Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formations are productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominal combining form that has no suffix;Compare -fer, -ferous; -phore, -phorous; -pter, -pterous; -vore, -vorous.

a suffix forming adjectival correspondents to the names of chemical elements; specialized, in opposition to like adjectives ending in -ic, to mean the lower of two possible valences (stannous chloride, SnCl2, and stannic chloride SnCl4).

Origin of -ous

Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French <Latin -ōsus; a doublet of -ose¹

Words nearby -ous

ourn, ours, ourself, ourselves, Our Town, -ous, Ouse, ousel, Ouspensky, oust, ouster

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British Dictionary definitions for -ous

-ous

suffix forming adjectives

having, full of, or characterized bydangerous; spacious; languorous

(in chemistry) indicating that an element is chemically combined in the lower of two possible valency statesferrous; stannous Compare -ic (def. 2)

Word Origin for -ous

from Old French, from Latin -ōsus or -us, Greek -os, adj suffixes

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Medical definitions for -ous

-ous

suff.

Possessing; full of; characterized by:filamentous.

Having a valence lower than that of a specified element in compounds or ions named with adjectives ending in -ic:ferrous.

单词	-ous
释义	-ous 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 cannot be directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greek and Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formations are productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominal combining form that has no suffix;Compare -fer, -ferous; -phore, -phorous; -pter, -pterous; -vore, -vorous. a suffix forming adjectival correspondents to the names of chemical elements; specialized, in opposition to like adjectives ending in -ic, to mean the lower of two possible valences (stannous chloride, SnCl2, and stannic chloride SnCl4). Origin of -ous Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French <Latin -ōsus; a doublet of -ose¹ Words nearby -ous ourn, ours, ourself, ourselves, Our Town, -ous, Ouse, ousel, Ouspensky, oust, ouster Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -ous -ous suffix forming adjectives having, full of, or characterized bydangerous; spacious; languorous (in chemistry) indicating that an element is chemically combined in the lower of two possible valency statesferrous; stannous Compare -ic (def. 2) Word Origin for -ous from Old French, from Latin -ōsus or -us, Greek -os, adj suffixes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for -ous -ous suff. Possessing; full of; characterized by:filamentous. Having a valence lower than that of a specified element in compounds or ions named with adjectives ending in -ic:ferrous. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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