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单词 -ious
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-ious


variant of -ous, added to stems of Latin origin, often with corresponding nouns ending in -ity: atrocious; hilarious.
Compare -eous.

Origin of -ious

Middle English ≪ Latin -iōsus (see -i-, -ose1) and Latin -ius (masculine singular adj. ending, as in varius)

Words nearby -ious

iotacism, iothalamate sodium, iothalamic acid, Iō-tō, IOU, -ious, IOW, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowan, ioxaglate
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British Dictionary definitions for -ious

-ious

suffix forming adjectives

characterized by or full ofambitious; religious; suspicious Compare -eous

Word Origin for -ious

from Latin -ius and -iōsus full of
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