Etymology

uproarious

up·roar·i·ous
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Today it means: Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar. Full definition →

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From uproar + -ious (a variant of -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance”)).

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