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- noun Plural form of
ou .
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Examples
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Cersei is just about everything "ous" that you can think of - dangerous, curvaceous, incestuous, ambitious, and of course murderous.
MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Literary Villains in SF/F/H 2009
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The book looks fabulous, humorous, and other "ous"es as well.
Random House Summer 2007 Preview fusenumber8 2007
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In the one series, designated by the suffix "ous," the metal is divalent; in the other series, designated by the suffix
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Dat gun couldn't hol 'powder ner shot, but was dange'ous' nuff ter kill two folks.
The Colonel's Dream 1895
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The trick is to remember that Greek never has "ous" but has
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The Drones are the Aus band that buck the trend: writhing, railing, wreathing, virile, vitriolic, venomous and all those other great words that end with 'ous': drawing wantonly on a tradition that takes in Charlie Parker, The Saints and Kim Salmon (and if you don't know those names, then sure: check 'em out).
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"This water business is ser'ous" -- he looked uneasily at the stretch of desolation ahead of him -- "but unless the Injuns lied, they's _some_.
'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
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"Thu'd night he come onct mo 'wid a passel er game, an' she mighty cur'ous 'bout him by dat time.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887
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From the late 19th century on, anomal ous primates like the Yeti, Sasquatch and Bigfoot nudged aside the wolfmen of old and stepped forward to occupy the niche of this fearsome man-like monster.
WHERE ARE ALL THE WEREWOLVES? | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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This first issue comes wrapped in a marvel-ous cover by Paul Pope and Jose Villarubia!
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