-acious

Morpheme

-acious

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “full of, tending to” corresponding to -acity nouns

Etymology

suffixal construction from -acity + -ous

Evidence

audacious, contumacious, fallacious, hellacious, loquacious, minacious, predacious, veracious

Notes

unanalyzable

See Also

-ous