Meaning of -us | Babel Free

Definitions

1. adjectival suffix often indicating a characteristic, propensity or abundance
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2. -ous, Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ig. For example asid nitrus (“nitrous acid, HNO₂”) has fewer oxygen atoms per molecule than asid nitrig (“nitric acid, HNO₃”).
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“blas (“taste”) + -us → blasus (“tasty”)”

“gwybod (“to know”) + -us → gwybodus (“knowledgeable”)”

“anffawd (“misfortune”) + -us → anffodus (“unfortunate”)”

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