Definition of "tious" [tious]

• A termination of many adjectives of Latin origin, some associated with nouns in -tion, as ambitious, expeditious, disputatious, etc., associated with ambition, expedition, disputation, etc. (see -atious, -itious).

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "L'express today reports on the case of a 15-year old Muslim student who was expelled several weeks ago from Eastern College in Flacq for wearing her "tious" traditional trousers under her school uniform."
• "Outside of England and Wales, relationships between Catholics and Protestants can still be frac tious."
• "There was, among other conten-tious issues, the question of Shannon Faulkner's hair."