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-vorous

/vəɹəs/

-vorous suffix: forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’.

Suffix

-vorous (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -vorous, superlative most -vorous)

  1. forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’

Forms of -vorous

comparativemore -vorous
superlativemost -vorous

Origin of -vorous

From Latin -vorus, equivalent to -vore + -ous.

Words formed from -vorous

Questions about -vorous

What does -vorous mean?
-vorous means forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’.
What part of speech is -vorous?
-vorous is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -vorous?
-vorous is pronounced /vəɹəs/.

Words near -vorous in the dictionary

  1. -virsen
  2. -voltine
  3. -von
  4. -vore
  5. -vores
  6. -vorous
  7. -vudine
  8. -wad
  9. -ward
  10. -wards
  11. -ware

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