-ous
full of, having
Latin · -osus
Makes adjectives meaning full of or having a quality: danger + ous = dangerous. Sometimes the base changes or the ending is -ious/-eous (curious, courageous).
Memory trick
-ous is a full cup: it brims with the quality named before it.
Words from this root
- famous (fam + ous) — well known by manyमशहूर
- dangerous (danger + ous) — likely to cause harmख़तरनाक
- nervous (nerv + ous) — worried and tenseघबराया हुआ
- curious (curi + ous) — eager to learnजिज्ञासु
- generous (gener + ous) — willing to give freelyउदार
- serious (seri + ous) — important, not jokingगंभीर
- anxious (anxi + ous) — worried about what may happenचिंतित
- delicious (delici + ous) — very tastyस्वादिष्ट
- ambitious (ambiti + ous) — eager to succeedमहत्वाकांक्षी
- mysterious (mysteri + ous) — hard to explainरहस्यमय
- enormous (e + norm + ous) — extremely largeविशाल
- courageous (courage + ous) — braveसाहसी