-ulous

a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning “inclined to do, habitually engaging in” the action specified by the initial element:
bibulous; credulous; garrulous; tremulous.

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Origin of -ulous¹

< Latin -ulus, -ula, -ulum; -ule, -ous

Pab′ular, Pab′ulous, of or pertaining to food: fit for food: affording food.

Follic′ular, pertaining to or consisting of follicles; Follic′ulated; Follic′ulous.

Tintinnab′ulant, Tintinnab′ular, Tintinnab′ulary, Tintinnab′ulous.

Fist′uliform; Fist′ulose, Fist′ulous, of the form of a fistula.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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