lumbaginous (adj.)

"afflicted with lumbago," 1610s, from Latin combining form of lumbago + -ous.

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1690s, from Late Latin lumbago "weakness of loins and lower back," from Latin lumbus "hip, loin" (usually plural), from Proto-Italic *londwo- "loins," from PIE *lendh- (1) "loin" (see lumbo-).

-ous

word-forming element making adjectives from nouns, meaning "having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to," from Old French -ous, -eux, from Latin -osus (compare -ose (1)). In chemistry, "having a lower valence than forms expressed in -ic."

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