English

Suffix

-eous

1. Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling to or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to -ous.

   righteous, mighteous, thefteous, lighteous, misteous, timeous, wrongeous

Etymology 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).

Suffix

-eous

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

Related terms

• -aceous
• -aneous
• -ious
• -uous

Derived terms