Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryForming nouns, usually abstract, and usually from adjectives in -ous or -ose. · Forming nouns from other adjectives for humorous effect.
From Middle English -ouste, from Old French -ouseté, from Latin -ōsitās; later modified to the current form. It is equivalent to -ose or -ous + -ity.
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