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词根词缀:-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous

词根词缀:se-

【来源及含义】Latin: aside, apart from, without, by itself, by one's self

【同源单词】desegregate, dissever, disseverance, persevere, sebaptism, sebaptist

词根词缀:-ulous, -ulously

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to do, inclined to; full of

【同源单词】acidulous, bibulous, cavernulous, circumnebulous, credible, credulous