-ous in Middle English

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ous"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ous",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ous"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-ous"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -ous",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ōsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ōsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French -ous, -us, -eus, from Latin -ōsus.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ous",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives from nouns or verbs, especially if of Romance origin."
      ],
      "id": "en--ous-enm-suffix-QYtztla-",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-os"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ose"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ouse"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ows"
        },
        {
          "word": "-owse"
        },
        {
          "word": "-us"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ws"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈuːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-us/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ous"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ous"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ous",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ous"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-ous"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -ous",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ōsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ōsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French -ous, -us, -eus, from Latin -ōsus.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ous",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English suffixes",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives from nouns or verbs, especially if of Romance origin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈuːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-us/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-os"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ose"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ouse"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ows"
    },
    {
      "word": "-owse"
    },
    {
      "word": "-us"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ous"
}

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"-ous" meaning in Middle English

Suffix

Alternative forms