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Words ending in -ous

-ous means full of, characterised by. It comes from Latin.

verbose — full of words

29 words on this site end with -ous

Other words with -ous

Not part of our word list, but they carry the same suffix — useful for recognising it in the wild.

callous · copious · devious · emulous · onerous · zealous · decorous · dolorous · grievous · infamous · luminous · nebulous · ravenous · specious · undulous · analogous · anonymous · congruous · dexterous · frivolous · ingenuous · penurious · ponderous · vicarious · adulterous · autonomous · circuitous · fallacious · felicitous · fortuitous · gratuitous · idolatrous · indigenous

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