-acious
Word Origin
1
a suffix forming adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in the suffixes -acity, and -acy: audacious; fallacious.
Origin
< Latin -āci- (stem of -āx) adj. suffix + -ous
Related Words
- -acity
- -acy
- alutaceous
- efficacious
- hellacious
- predacious
-aciousan adjective suffix made by adding -ous to nouns ending in -acity (the -ty being dropped), indicating a tendency towards or abundance of something, as audacious.
-acious
suffix
- (forming adjectives) inclined to; having as a capacity［构成形容词］表示“倾向…的”; “有容量的”：
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audacious
capacious.
词源
from Latin -ax, -ac- （especially forming adjectives from verbal stems） + -OUS .
-acious
adjectival word-forming element meaning "given to, inclined to, abounding in," from Latin -aci- (nominative -ax), noun ending used with verbal stems, + -ous.
ORIGIN: Repr. French -acieux , or from Latin -acis , -ax added chiefly to verbal stems to form adjectives + -ous
-acious
Suffix
- Used to form adjectives from nouns.
- audacious from audacity
- sagacious from sage
- fallacious from fallacy
后缀：-acious [形容词后缀]
表示有...性质的、属于...的、如...的、具有...的
rapacious 掠夺的
vivacious 活泼的，有生气的
sagacious 聪明的
capacious 容量大的
sequacious 盲从的
loquacious 多言的
veracious 真实的
edacious 贪吃的
audacious 胆大的
词根词缀：-acious
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; forming adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in
【同源单词】alliacious, audacious, capaciously, ceracious, difficacious, efficacious