-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