-eous

后缀
中文释义
英 /-ɪəs/    美 /-i.əs/

英文释义

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

词形变化

-uous alternative

词源

词源 1
From earlier -uous, alteration of -wose, -wos, a variant of -wise, from Middle English -wise, -wis, -wys, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”), under the influence of Etymology 2. More at -wise.
词源 2
Chiefly from -ous with preceding vowel (compare -ious); compare also Latin -eus; but also by concatenation with English -te (an earlier form of -ty).
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