This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -us (but not -ous or -ius)
- ankylosaurus
- borborygmus
- emeritus
- hippopotamus
- homunculus
- meniscus
- sarcophagus
- succubus
- trolleybus
- walrus
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
Surprised not to find rhombus in there!
I know all except the first one, though there isn’t much call for meniscus n my neck of the woods.