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adjective combining form
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French -fere -fer, from Latin -fer
bearing ; producing <carboniferous>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Ferous — Fe rous, a. [L. ferus. See {Fierce}.] Wild; savage. [R.] Arthur Wilson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ferous — fer*ous [L. fer. fr. ferre to bear. See {Bear} to support.] A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ferous — (usu. iferous) ► COMBINING FORM ▪ having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing): Carboniferous. ORIGIN from Latin fer producing … English terms dictionary
-ferous — [fər əs] [L fer < ferre, BEAR1 + OUS] suffix forming adjectives bearing, producing [coniferous] … English World dictionary
-ferous — comb. form (usu. iferous) forming adjectives with the sense bearing , having (auriferous; odoriferous). Derivatives: ferously suffix ferousness suffix Etymology: from or after F fegravere or L fer producing f. ferre bear * * * ferous, suffix… … Useful english dictionary
-ferous — a combining form meaning bearing, producing, yielding, containing, conveying, used in the formation of compound words: coniferous; pestiferous. Cf. fer. [ME; see FER, OUS] * * * … Universalium
-ferous — [L. ferre to bear] a word termination meaning bearing or producing … Medical dictionary
-ferous — (usu. iferous) combining form having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing): Carboniferous. Derivatives ferously combining form. ferousness combining form. Origin from Fr. fère or L. fer producing , from ferre to bear … English new terms dictionary
-ferous — (L). Bearing … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
-ferous — fer·ous … English syllables
