词根词缀:-ous, -ious, -eous
【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.
【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.
【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous
词根词缀:unguent-, unction-
【来源及含义】Latin: ointment; anoint; smear
【同源单词】inunction, unction, unctuous, unguent, unguentarium, unguentary
词根词缀:-uous
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to, inclined to
【同源单词】ambiguous, assiduous, bilinguous, conspicuous, contemptuous, continuous