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Ceremonious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Ceremonious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

2

rigidly formal or bound by convention

"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

3

Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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