-eous

短语

发音

US /-i.əs/
UK /-ɪəs/

别名

-uous

释义与例句

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  1. 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

  2. 1.

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

词源

From earlier -uous, alteration of -wose, -wos, a variant of -wise, from Middle English -wise, -wis, -wys, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”). More at -wise.

来源：wiktionary