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-uous

-uous is the alternative form of -eous.

-uous is the alternative form of -ous.

Meaning of -eous

Suffix (1)

-eous

  1. Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to -ous.
    • righteous, mighteous, thefteous, lighteous, misteous, timeous, wrongeous

Suffix (2)

-eous

  1. Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term.

Meaning of -ous

Suffix

-ous

  1. possession of
    • bulb + -ous → bulbous
    Synonyms:
    -ate
  2. presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)
    • courage + -ous → courageous
  3. relation or pertinence to
    • aptonym + -ous → aptonymous
  4. Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃). See Inorganic nomenclature.
    Synonyms:
    -y

Questions about -uous

What is -uous the alternative form of?
-uous is the alternative form of -eous.

Words near -uous in the dictionary

  1. -ule
  2. -ulose
  3. -um
  4. -umab
  5. -ums
  6. -uous
  7. -ure
  8. -ures
  9. -uresis
  10. -uret
  11. -uretic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -uous (page history and authors); -eous (page history and authors); -ous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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