sorcerous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsɔrsərəs/ UK /ˈsɔːsərəs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
relating to or possessing the powers of sorcery

A sorcerous glow flickered around the relic she held aloft.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to or possessing... magical occult enchanting bewitching necromantic

Word family

Derived forms sorcerously

Related forms sorcerer sorcery

Etymology

From sorcery + -ous. Sorcery derives from Old French sorcerie, from sorcier ('sorcerer'), from Vulgar Latin *sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis ('lot, fate, fortune').

sorcier Old French sors Latin

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# sorcerous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈsɔrsərəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈsɔːsərəs

## Meanings
1. relating to or possessing the powers of sorcery

## Examples
- A sorcerous glow flickered around the relic she held aloft.

## Synonyms
- magical
- occult
- enchanting
- bewitching
- necromantic

## Derived Forms
- sorcerously

## Related Forms
- sorcerer
- sorcery

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sorcier
- Root: sors

## Etymology
From sorcery + -ous. Sorcery derives from Old French sorcerie, from sorcier ('sorcerer'), from Vulgar Latin *sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis ('lot, fate, fortune').

## AI Etymology
Sorcerous comes from sorcery + -ous. Sorcery derives from Old French sorcerie, from sorcier ('sorcerer'), from Vulgar Latin *sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis ('lot, fate, fortune'). The historical chain includes Old French sorcier and Latin sors. The quoted older senses, "sorcerer" and "lot, fate, fortune", supply the semantic anchors for sorcerous. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word sorcerous carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "relating to or possessing the powers of sorcery". English derivatives include sorcerously; related English forms include sorcerer and sorcery. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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