-acious
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From (1) -aci(ty) + -ous and (2) from Old French -acieux , both ultimately from Latin -ācitās .
Suffix
[edit ]-acious
- Used to form adjectives from nouns and verb stems.
Derived terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "-acious", in OED Online Paid subscription required , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Translations
[edit ]adjective-forming suffix
- Spanish: -az
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