[1660–70; arbor3 + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1660–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adhesive, cantilever, indicator, mainstream, saturated-ous is 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 cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous)
Examples of 'arborous' in a sentence
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Reforestation after a landslide facilitates competition between herbaceous plants and arborous plants.
Yi-Chang Chen, Chen-Fa Wu, Shin-Hwei Lin 2014, 'Mechanisms of Forest Restoration in Landslide Treatment Areas', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/10/6766. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)