-tious

American  

1. a suffix originally occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (fictitious ); on this model, used with stems of other origin (bumptious ).

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Etymology

Origin of -tious

< Latin -tiōsus, equivalent to -t ( us ) past participle suffix + -iōsus -ious

Example Sentences

For Yemen, it may simply be too little, too late, warns Renaud Piarroux, an infec­tious disease specialist at the University of Aix-Marseille in Marseille, France.

From Science Magazine

Sēcreti′tious, produced by secretion; Sēcrē′tive, tending to, or causing, secretion: given to secrecy or to keeping secrets.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

Sedi′tious, pertaining to, or exciting, sedition: turbulent.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

Senten′tious, abounding with sentences or maxims: short and pithy in expression: bombastic, or affected in speech.—adv.

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Supersti′tious, pertaining to, or proceeding from, superstition: over-exact.—adv.

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