-tious

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tious¹

< 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

Innocent, who was not ignorant of these profanations and complained of them, did not approve the less of the conquest:227 “God, said he, willing to “console the church by the re-union of the schisma- “tics, has caused the empire of the haughty, supersti- “tious and disobedient Greeks to pass over to the “humble, catholic, and submissive Latins.”

From Project Gutenberg

Vexā′tious, causing vexation or annoyance: harassing: full of trouble.—adv.

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

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

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