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-gerous
- a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” used in the formation of compound words:
setigerous.
-gerous
combining form
- bearing or producing Compare -ferous
armigerous
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -gerous1
from Latin -ger bearing + -ous
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Example Sentences
Charles Kelly, the first medevac commander, shot through the heart as he refused orders to fly away from a dangerous rescue site in Vietnam.
From Newsweek
It is dan- gerous not to be honest.
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Dan′gerous, full of danger: unsafe: insecure.—adv.
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Cor′niform, in the form of a horn; Corni′gerous, bearing horns.
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All habitual rapists "have developed an anger and contempt for women," says Nicholas Groth, chief psychologist of the Massachusetts Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Dan gerous Persons.
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