-ose¹

Also ‑oseness.

Having a specified quality.

Latin ending ‑osus.

Some examples are bellicose (Latin bellicosus, from bellum, war), demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight; morose (Latin morosus, peevish, from mos, mor‑, manner), sullen and ill-tempered; verbose (Latin verbosus, from verbum, word), using more words than are needed.

Others have been formed in English on various stems, such as comatose (Greek kōma, kōmat‑, deep sleep), in a state of deep unconsciousness for a long period. Many are specialist: nodulose, having nodules; strigose (Latin striga, swath, furrow), covered with short stiff hairs that lie closely against the body; squamulose (Latin squamula, diminutive of squama, scale), having small scales.

Corresponding nouns are formed in ‑oseness (moroseness, verboseness), or in ‑osity. See also ‑ous.