"-eous" meaning in English

See -eous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-i.əs/ [General-American], /-ɪəs/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: -ēəs [Received-Pronunciation], -ĭəs [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|-uous}} -uous, {{m|en|-wose}} -wose, {{m|en|-wos}} -wos, {{m|en|-wise}} -wise, {{cog|enm|-wise}} Middle English -wise, {{m|en|-wis}} -wis, {{m|enm|-wys}} -wys, {{cog|ang|-wīs||-wise}} Old English -wīs (“-wise”), {{l|en|-wise}} -wise Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -eous, {{en-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. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--eous-en-suffix-~p88clYB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /-i.əs/ [General-American], /-ɪəs/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: -ēəs [Received-Pronunciation], -ĭəs [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Chiefly from -ous with preceding vowel (compare -ious); compare also Latin -eus; but also by concatenation with English -te (an earlier form of -ty). Etymology templates: {{m|en|-ous}} -ous, {{m|en|-ious}} -ious, {{cog|la|-eus}} Latin -eus, {{cog|en|-te}} English -te, {{m|en|-ty}} -ty Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -eous, {{en-suffix}} -eous
  1. Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -aceous, -aneous, -ious, -uous
    Sense id: en--eous-en-suffix-YcjZcSKF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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