-ulous

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 315 words | Copyright

-ulous adj. suffix repr. L. -ulōsus -ULOSE and -ulus; to the former belong, e.g., fabulous, meticulous, populous, to the latter, e.g., credulous, garrulous, sedulous. In a few instances L. adjs. of both types exist, as querulus, querulōsus QUERULOUS, rīdiculus, rīdiculōsus RIDICULOUS.

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