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-eous
- an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,†“resembling, having the nature of,†occurring in loanwords from Latin ( igneous; ligneous; vitreous ); also, as a semantically neutral suffix, found on adjectives of diverse origin, sometimes with corresponding nouns ending in -ty2 ( beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous ).
-eous
suffix forming adjectives
- relating to or having the nature of Compare -ious
gaseous
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of -eous1
from Latin -eus
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Example Sentences
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The Reverend William Whewell, an influential man, objected on etymological grounds and suggested instead an "–eous" pattern, producing Meioneous, Pleioneous, and so on.
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Testū′dinate, -d, Testudin′eous, arched, vaulted, resembling the carapace of a tortoise.—n.
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Sanguin′eous, sanguine: resembling or constituting blood.—ns.
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Stramin′eous, strawy, light like straw.
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Self′-rev′erent; Self′-right′eous, righteous in one's own estimation: pharisaical.—n.
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