-gerous

American  

1. a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” used in the formation of compound words.

   setigerous.

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-gerous British  

combining form

1. bearing or producing Compare -ferous

   armigerous

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Etymology

Origin of -gerous

< Latin -ger bearing, derivative of gerere to bear, wear; -ous

Example Sentences

Charles Kelly, the first mede­vac commander, shot through the heart as he refused orders to fly away from a dan­gerous rescue site in Vietnam.

From Newsweek

It is dan- gerous not to be honest.

From Project Gutenberg

Cor′niform, in the form of a horn; Corni′gerous, bearing horns.

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Dan′gerous, full of danger: unsafe: insecure.—adv.

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Demosthenes likeneth their state as thus, as if ter- restriall thynges should be aboue the starres: and the heauēs Usure a dan- gerous gaue. and celestialle bodies, gouerned by the base and lowe terre- striall matters, whiche by no meanes, can conserue the ex- cellencie of them, for, of them onely, is their matter, substaūce and nature conserued.

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