-ious

-ious

See also: IOUs

English

Etymology

Taken fron Latin adjectives ending in -iōsus and -ius or their Romance descendants. By surface analysis, -i- +‎ -ous.

Suffix

-ious

  1. Alternative spelling of -ous.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ious
adoptious
affectatious
agomphious
ambitious
atrocious
auspicious
bombylious
burglarious
capacious
capricious
celebrious
censorious
censurious
commodious
conceptious
contumacious
defectious
demeritorious
dissentious
epicurious
flexious
floccinaucinihilipilificatious
foodious
fruitious
gregarious
helobious
hilarious
homoplasious
hydrobious
ignominious
infectious
influxious
laborious
lumpatious
lustrious
malicious
manganesious
melonious
meritious
minacious
mundicidious
nightmarious
notorious
ostentatious
palacious
paroecious
parsimonious
pelurious
pertinacious
pervicacious
petrificious
prejudicious
prestigious
quadragenarious
rambunctious
rebellious
repertitious
reptilious
reptitious
robustious
rumbustious
sagacious
salacious
scabious
scrumptious
selenious
sequacious
spacious
spongious
stentorious
stertorious
symphonious
systylious
tenacious
tendentious
terrestrious
thievious
tortious
trepidatious
troglobious
uproarious
usurpious
vegetatious
veracious
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