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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:us-, ut-

【来源及含义】Latin: use, employ, practice

【同源单词】Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia, abuse, abuse, abuse, abusive, abusively

词根词缀:usur-

【来源及含义】Latin: loaning money at extremely high rates of interest; to use

【同源单词】usurer, usurious, usuriously, usuriousness, usury, usury laws