-ose

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-ose1 suffix repr. L. -ōsus, forming adjs. from sbs. with the meaning ‘full of’, ‘abounding in’, e.g. annōsus full of years (f. annus year), jocōsus JOCOSE, mōrōsus MOROSE, verbōsus VERBOSE. The corr. sbs. end in -osity, repr. F. -osité, L. -ōsitās. Cf. -OUS.

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