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-tious

-tious suffix: adjective suffix denoting "full of, prone to.".

Suffix

-tious

  1. Adjective suffix denoting "full of, prone to."

Origin of -tious

Rebracketed from words like fractious and presumptious, with the t from the base + -ious, ultimately from Latin ‑tiōsus, which is rebracketed from -t(us) + -i- + -ōsus.

Questions about -tious

What does -tious mean?
-tious means adjective suffix denoting "full of, prone to.".
What part of speech is -tious?
-tious is a suffix.

Words near -tious in the dictionary

  1. -tidine
  2. -ties
  3. -time
  4. -tinib
  5. -tion
  6. -tious
  7. -tirelin
  8. -tive
  9. -tizide
  10. -tizolam
  11. -tler

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