-ous
/əs/suffix
Forming adjectives:
1Characterized by; of the nature of: dangerous mountainous
2 Chemistry Denoting an element in a lower valency: ferrous sulphurous Compare with -ic.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman French, or Old French -eus, from Latin -osus.
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction
- Fitzrovia
- Fitzroy
- Fiume
- five
- five a day
- five-alarm
- five-and-dime
- five-and-dime store
- five-and-ten
- five-a-side
- five-corner
- five-corners
- five-door
- five-eighth
- five finger
- five-finger discount
- five-finger exercise
- five fingers
- fivefold
- five hundred
- five Ks
- Five Nations