-genous
a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns with stems in -gen: erogenous.
Origin of -genous
1Words Nearby -genous
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British Dictionary definitions for -genous
-genous
adj combining form
yielding or generating: androgenous; erogenous
generated by or issuing from: endogenous
Origin of -genous
1from -gen + -ous
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