-eous

an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having the nature of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (igneous; ligneous; vitreous); also, as a semantically neutral suffix, found on adjectives of diverse origin, sometimes with corresponding nouns ending in -ty2 (beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous).

Origin of -eous

< Latin -eus; see -ous

Words nearby -eous

-ene, -enne, -enoic, -ensis, -ent, -eous, -er, -erel, -ergic, -ern, -eroo

British Dictionary definitions for -eous

-eous

suffix forming adjectives

relating to or having the nature of gaseous Compare -ious

Word Origin for -eous

from Latin -eus