-genous


  1. a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns with stems in -gen: erogenous.

Origin of -genous

1

Words Nearby -genous

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British Dictionary definitions for -genous

-genous

adj combining form
  1. yielding or generating: androgenous; erogenous

  2. generated by or issuing from: endogenous

Origin of -genous

1
from -gen + -ous

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