bigamous [ bigam (←bigamy) n. 重婚；-ous→] a. practising or committing bigamy 重婚的；犯重婚罪的 / A man having two wives at the same time is bigamous in our country. 在我國，一個 人同時有兩個妻子是犯重婚罪的。

下面是名詞性的詞根與原生后綴結合的幾個例子。

anxious [anxi = anxiety 憂慮；-ous=>“having or full of anxiety 充滿憂慮的”→]a. uneasy; troubled; worried憂慮的；擔心的；焦急的/ Mother felt anxious about the children who had been out an hour too long. 孩子們在外多呆了一個小時，母親感到很擔心。

credulous [ credul = credulity 輕信；-ous=>“characterized by credulity 有輕信特點的”→]a. too ready to believe; easily deceived 輕信的；易受騙的 / She was so credulous that other children could fool her easily. 她非常輕信，別的小孩很容易捉弄她。

ferrous [ferr = iron 鐵；-ous→] a. of or containing iron 鐵的，含鐵的 / Metals can be classfied into ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals. 金屬可分為黑色金屬與有色金屬兩大類。

obvious [ ob- = across, in 在；vi = way 路；-ous =>“l(fā)ike being in the way 就像擺在路當中一樣→”]a. easily seen, clear to eye or mind; plain明顯的，顯而易見的；顯著的/ It is obvious that a blind man ought not to drive a car. 雙目失明的人不應該駕駛汽車，這是顯而易見的道理。

flagitious [flagiti = shame 可恥的事；-ous=>“practising shameful things 做可恥之事的”→]a. shamefully vile; scandalously wicked 無恥的；罪大惡極的 / Crimes shall whelm in ruin your flagitious town. 罪行將使你們這無恥的城邦沉淪于毀滅之中。

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