[1810–20; ‹ NL rūgul(a) (dim. of L rūgaruga) + -ose1]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominance, dynamic, realism, triangulation, zombie-ose is a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “aboundingin,” “given to,” “like”. Other words that use the affix -ose include: frondose, globose, jocose, otiose, verbose