Morpheme
-ous
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to”
Etymology
Old French -ous, -eux; Latin -osus
Evidence
acanthous, anonymous, anxious, bulbous, chivalrous, courageous, curious, curvaceous, dactylous, eponymous, furious, galactophorous, hazardous, ichorous, joyous, keratinous, laborious, murderous, nervous, obvious, pertinacious, poisonous, precious, pugnacious, quartzous, riotous, spinous, tenuous, ulcerous, viperous, wintrous, wonderous, xenologous, zealous
Notes
unstressed form of -ose
