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nancyk #176965 05/17/08 11:57 AM
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 Originally Posted By: nancyk
Disastrous? Calamitous? Both fairly common, I think.


But neither of them end in -dous is the onliest thing.

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What about two candidate words:

propagandous ;(seen on Urban)
gourmandous ; seen in a blog discussion about food

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From amphipodous to vanadous (link) and back again.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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but still, this doesn't touch the 166 to be found in OED.

-joe (I'm just sayin') friday

NB: there is nothing stupendous (or stupidous) about these; they just happen to be words ending in 'd' which have had the suffix -ous affixed to them.

-ron o.

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Hum, as jeopardous and hazardous are related to the verbs jeopardize and hazardize, I thougt there might be at least some system in this dousness.
Not. Arbitrary and random. \:\/ Like the weather.

BTW, : what's apodous and where can I find those 166? if you please?

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>where can I find those 166? if you please?

not to be ron about it, but in OED.

seriously, have you tried getting online access to OED through a library where you have borrowing privileges?

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Jeeh, now why didn't I think of that all by myself, I wonder.

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While we're making some up: cameleopardous = giraffe-like, e.g. Olive Oyl's cameleopardous neck.

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Faldage #176981 05/18/08 09:04 AM
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 Originally Posted By: Faldage
 Originally Posted By: nancyk
Disastrous? Calamitous? Both fairly common, I think.


But neither of them end in -dous is the onliest thing.

Nice word. I like that word.

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 Originally Posted By: tsuwm
there is nothing stupendous (or stupidous) about these; they just happen to be words ending in 'd' which have had the suffix -ous affixed to them.

"That's not a cat licence, it's a dog licence with the the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in - in crayon" - Monty Python

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