-aceous
/ˈeɪ.ʃəs/
-aceous suffix: of, relating to, resembling or containing the thing suffixed.
Suffix
-aceous
Origin of -aceous
Suffixal construction from (1) Latin ‑āceus (“belonging to, of the nature of”) + -ous, from oblique stem of -āx, -ācis + -eus and (2) -acea + -ous. Also variant of -acious.
Words formed from -aceous
Words that rhyme with -aceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- acanthaceous
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- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about -aceous
- What does -aceous mean?
- -aceous means of, relating to, resembling or containing the thing suffixed.
- What part of speech is -aceous?
- -aceous is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -aceous?
- -aceous is pronounced /ˈeɪ.ʃəs/.
Words near -aceous in the dictionary
Source and license
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