-ious
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adjective suffixDefinition of -IOUS
: -ous <edacious>
Origin of -IOUS
Middle English, partly from Anglo-French -ious, from Latin -iosus, from -i-, penultimate vowel of some noun stems + -osus -ous; partly from Latin -ius, adjective suffix
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