-eous
-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).
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| -eous | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| Compare -ious relating to or having the nature of: gaseous | |
| [from Latin -eus] | |
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