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tious

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-tious

a suffix originally occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (fictitious); on this model, used with stems of other origin (bumptious).
Also, -ious, -ous.


Origin:
< L -tiōsus, equiv. to -t(us) ptp. suffix + -iōsus -ious
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