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-eous
- an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having the nature of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin ( igneous; ligneous; vitreous ); also, as a semantically neutral suffix, found on adjectives of diverse origin, sometimes with corresponding nouns ending in -ty2 ( beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous ).
-eous
suffix forming adjectives
- relating to or having the nature of Compare -ious
gaseous
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of -eous1
from Latin -eus
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