-ious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Alternative spelling of -ous.

Word forms

-ious

Etymology

Taken fron Latin adjectives ending in -iōsus and -ius or their Romance descendants. By surface analysis, -i- + -ous.

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