-ous
/əs/suffix
Forming adjectives:
1Characterized by; of the nature of: dangerous mountainous
2 Chemistry Denoting an element in a lower valency: ferrous sulphurous Compare with -ic.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman French, or Old French -eus, from Latin -osus.
- unpertinent
- unperturbed
- unperturbedly
- unperturbedness
- unperused
- unpervaded
- unperverse
- unpervert
- unperverted
- unpestered
- unpetitioned
- unpetrified
- unpetrify
- unpetticoated
- unphilanthropic
- unphilosopher
- unphilosophic
- unphilosophical
- unphilosophically
- unphilosophicalness
- unphilosophize
- unphilosophized
- unphlebotomized
- unphonetic
- unphonetically