-itious
a compound suffix occurring in adjectives of latin origin (advent-tious) and with adjectives, formed in latin or english, -ssociated with nouns ending in -ition (ambitious; expeditious).
compare -ite2 , -ous.
-itious
suffix
having the nature of; characterized by nutritious, suppositious
word origin
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