-itious


  1. a compound suffix occurring in adjectives of Latin origin (adventitious) and with adjectives, formed in Latin or English, associated with nouns ending in -ition (ambitious; expeditious).: Compare -ite2, -ous.

Origin of -itious

1
<Latin -icius or -īcius (as in adventitious); and <Latin -itiōsusor -ītiōsus (as in ambitious)

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British Dictionary definitions for -itious

-itious

suffix forming adjectives
  1. having the nature of; characterized by: nutritious; suppositious

Origin of -itious

1
from Latin -icius, -itious

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