How to use -ious in a sentence
In 2009, California, the largest state, nearly ran out of money and had to issue IOUs.
We need to stop writing IOUs to the next budget and delaying payments we know will come due.
In State of the State Addresses, Governors Keep Their Eyes on 2016 | David Freedlander | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, the giving landed Pataki 101 IOUs from candidates throughout the country.
George Pataki: Former Governor, Future President? | Samuel P. Jacobs | December 2, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTOphid′ian, Ophid′ious, pertaining to serpents: having the nature of a serpent.
The hab-it of hold-ing these din-ners is a per-nic-ious one and must be stamp-ed out.
Behind the Line | Ralph Henry Barbour
What, you're afraid of having what we call bill-ious fever, I suppose, eh?
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III | Cuthbert BedeThen looking around the room at the piles of ironed clothes, he added: "You sutny is a indust'ious ooman."
The heart of happy hollow | Paul Laurence DunbarBil′iary, belonging to or conveying bile; Bil′ious, pertaining to or affected by bile.
British Dictionary definitions for -ious
characterized by or full of: ambitious; religious; suspicious Compare -eous
Origin of -ious
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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