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:scrup-, scrupul-
【来源及含义】Latin: uneasiness, anxiety, doubt, especially, over a moral issue; literally, "small, sharp stone or pebble"
【同源单词】overscrupulosity, overscrupulous, overscrupulously, overscrupulousness, scruple, scruple
词根词缀:-ulous, -ulously
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to do, inclined to; full of
【同源单词】acidulous, bibulous, cavernulous, circumnebulous, credible, credulous