Puzzle. May 3

IOUS can be tedious and odious, but using words ending in IOUS can make you more loquacious. Try these. Ex: Go out + ious = exitious. I will give a clue word.

-1.Stray dog + ious = ? cat

-2.Quick + Identification (abbrev) + ious = ? fussy

-3.Short for Theodore + ious = ? tired

-4.Male adults + Roman 500 + current + ious = ? untrue

5.Criminal + ious = ? honest

-6.Trickster + ious = ? holy

-7.Music style + current + ious = ? greedy

-8.Mediterranean island + Roman 100 + ious = ? picky

-9.To knight + ious = ? are you sure

-10.Before + temporary abode + ious = ? p------ious

Good Morning, Curly

10. pretentious

1. Curious.

3.Tedious
Good morning

2. Fastidious - Hi Curly

Bernie

Good ones all. Morning.

6. Impious - I think that should be unholy unless it was intended to make the clue harder

8. capricious

Good ones.

9. dubious

Morning curly,

4. men + D + AC = mendacious

Remi, mendacious means untrue, not true

Morning, good ones.

Thanks Joan.

7. rap+ac+ious= rapacious

Thanks mxm.

5. felonious

Thanks Doreen.