-ous

ous -ouš English Alternative forms en -ious -tous -uous Etymology en :inh enm:-ous 1 From en enm -ous, from en fro -ous, fro -ous -os, fro -ous -us, from en la -ōsus full of. en -ose -wise in unstressed position. Many English adjectives ending in -ous were taken from preexisting French or Latin adjectives that end in one of the above suffixes (e.g. en envious corresponds directly to Old French fro envious which in turn corresponds directly to Latin la invidiōsus). In addition, -ous (or the variant form en -ious) has at times been attached to English nouns to form derived adjectives that lack precedents in French or Latin, such as en slumberous from en slumber or en blizzardous from en blizzard. It has also been used in some cases as a means of adapting adjectives borrowed from Latin that originally ended simply in -us, -a, -um (for example, en obvious and en previous are derived from Latin la obvius and la praevius, not la *obviōsus or la *praeviōsus). Pronunciation en /-əs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ous.wav Southern England Suffix adjective-forming suffixes Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote: possession of en bulb bulbous presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance) en courage courageous en joy joyous en poison poisonous en riot riotous relation or pertinence to en aptonym aptonymous en arrhenotoky arrhenotokous en chemistry Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix en -ic. For example sulphuric acid (H2SO4) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H2SO3). See Inorganic nomenclature. Synonyms en -y possession of en -ate Derived terms en Related terms en -osity en -ose Translations Note: Translations of English words ending in -ous do not necessarily end in the suffixes listed below. suffix to form adjectives Arabic: ar ـِيّ Aromanian: rup -os m n, rup -osu m n, rup -oasã f Asturian: ast -osu Catalan: ca -ós m, ca -osa f Danish: da -øs Dutch: nl -eus Emilian: egl -ōś m, egl -óśa f Finnish: fi -inen French: fr -eux m, fr -euse f Friulian: fur -ôs Galician: gl -oso m, gl -osa f German: de -haft, de -ös Hindi: hi -आना Hungarian: hu -s/hu -os/hu -as/hu -es/hu -ös Ido: io -oza Italian: it -oso m, it -osa f Latin: la -osus m, la -osa f, la -osum n Norwegian: no -øs Occitan: oc -ós Persian: fa ـمند -(o)mand Polish: pl -y m, pl -awy m, pl -ny m Portuguese: pt -oso Romanian: ro -os m n, ro -oasă f Russian: ru -о́зный, ru -ный Sardinian: sc -osu, sc -ossu Sicilian: scn -usu, scn -osu Spanish: es -oso, es -udo Swedish: sv -ös Ukrainian: uk -ий m, uk й Venetan: vec -oxo, vec -óxo Welsh: cy -us chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number Galician: gl -oso m Hungarian: hu -s/hu -os/hu -as/hu -es/hu -ös Japanese: ja 亜 a- Russian: ru -истый Spanish: es -oso Welsh: cy -us See also en -ness -hood -ship la:-itas<qq:Lat.> -itude -th -ia la:-itia<qq:Lat.> -ity -ability -ibility -icity Anagrams en osu Sou USO U&Os sou OSU Middle English Alternative forms enm -os -ose -ouse -ows -owse -us -ws enm -ious; enm -uous in some terms enm -vous in terms ending in /ˈeː/ Etymology enm :bor fro:-us From enm fro -ous, fro -us, fro -eus, from enm la -ōsus. Pronunciation enm /-ˈuːs/ /-us/ Suffix enm suffix Forms adjectives from nouns or verbs, especially if of Romance origin. Usage notes Terms ending in /ˈeː/ usually take the variant enm -vous, as in enm beautevous, enm bountevous, enm deyntevous, enm plentevous from enm beaute, enm bounte, enm deynte, enm plente (but usually enm pitous or enm piteous, not enm pitevous). This was extended from xno bontivous virtuous and fro plentivos plentiful, which were formed from the pleonastic addition of fro -os to fro bontif and fro plentif, in turn formed from fro bonte and fro plente + fro -if; see enm -yf; then in Middle English, the analogy of fro bonte, fro plente : enm bontivous, enm plentivos allowed -(i)vous to be reinterpreted as a suffix, allowing for the creation of enm beautevous, enm deintevous, and enm pitevous, with the last remaining rare due to the influence of fro piteos, fro pitos. As in Modern English, some terms take the variants enm -ious or enm -uous (e.g. enm rebellious, a variant of enm rebellous modelled on enm rebellioun). This must not be confused with the addition of -ous to terms already ending in -ie, -u, -ue, or -y, as in enm melodious or enm vertuous (from enm melodie, enm vertu). Derived terms enm Descendants en -ous References -ǒus suf MED31103 enm adjective-forming suffixes Old French Etymology fro :from -us Suffix fro suffix fro -us