morpheme_key: ligament

morpheme: ligament

morpheme_head: ligament

affix_form: -ligament-

meaning_definition: tie | bind | connection

example_words_list_1: ligament, ligamentous

example_words_corpus: ligaments | ligamental | ligamentous | ligamentary | ligamentotaxis | preligamentous

categorical_group_list: Connection, Binding

etymology: Latin ligāre 'to bind'


morpheme_key: ligand

morpheme: ligand

morpheme_head: ligand

affix_form: -ligand-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: bind | tie | fasten

example_words_list_1: ligament, ligature, ligation

example_words_corpus: ligands | liganded | ligandin | biligand | coligand | ligandome

etymology: Latin ligare 'to bind'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: ligate

morpheme: ligate

morpheme_head: ligate

affix_form: -ligate-

meaning_definition: bind | tie | connect

example_words_corpus: ligates | ligated | religate | unligated | religated | autoligate


morpheme_key: ligature

morpheme: ligature

morpheme_head: ligature

affix_form: -ligature-

meaning_definition: tie | bind | connect

example_words_list_1: ligature, ligation, ligament

example_words_corpus: ligatures | ligatured | ligatureless

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity


morpheme_key: light

morpheme: light

morpheme_head: light

affix_form: -light-

meaning_definition: illumination | brightness | not heavy

example_words_list_1: lightweight, lightning, headlight

example_words_corpus: alight | lights | lighted | relight | lighter | lightly

categorical_group_list: Luminosity, Weight

etymology: Proto-Germanic *lihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewdʰ- 'light, not heavy'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral


morpheme_key: lightning

morpheme: lightning

morpheme_head: lightning

affix_form: -lightning-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: electrical discharge | flash of light in the sky

example_words_list_1: lightning, lightning rod, lightning storm, lightning bolt, lightning strike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Energy

etymology: Old English 'lihtning', from 'liht' (light)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

register: vernacular

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: lign

morpheme: lign

morpheme_head: lign

affix_form: -lign-

sense_label: line, cord

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: stripe | string

example_words_list_1: align

example_words_list_2: align

example_words_corpus: ligneous | lignaloe | delignate | lignaloes | delignated | delignates

categorical_group_list: Geometry, Physicality

ancestor_etymon: lin

etymology: Latin 'ligare' meaning 'to bind'

attestation: wiktionary


affix_form: lign-

allomorphs: ligni | ligno

sense_label: wood

meaning_definition: material derived from trees | fibrous plant tissue

example_words_list_1: ligne | ligneous | lignify | lignin | lignite | lignosae | lignum | gelignite | pyroligneous

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

ancestor_etymon: lign

etymology: Latin lignum 'wood, log'

source: Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/


morpheme_key: like

morpheme: like

morpheme_head: like

affix_form: -like-

allomorphs: -like

sense_label: similar

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective,adverb

meaning_definition: similar | resembling | having the nature of

example_words_list_1: childlike, lifelike, dreamlike, warlike

example_words_corpus: liked | liken | likes | liker | unlike | likely

categorical_group_list: Similarity, Comparison

ancestor_etymon: līch, līk OED

etymology: in strictness, words containing this suffix are compounds of 'like' ... Early Middle English līch, līk OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Early Middle English OED


morpheme_key: lilac

morpheme: lilac

morpheme_head: lilac

affix_form: -lilac-

meaning_definition: lilac | pale purple

example_words_list_1: lilac

example_words_corpus: lilacs | lilacin | lilacky

categorical_group_list: Flora, Color

etymology: Persian 'lilak' via French 'lilas'

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: lilliput

morpheme: lilliput

morpheme_head: lilliput

affix_form: -lilliput-

meaning_definition: extremely small | tiny | diminutive

example_words_list_1: lilliputian

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: From 'Lilliput', the fictional island in Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: lilly

morpheme: lilly

morpheme_head: lilly

affix_form: -lilly-

meaning_definition: lily

example_words_list_1: lily, lily-of-the-valley, Easter lily, tiger lily

categorical_group_list: Flora, Botany, Proper Name

etymology: From the common name of the flower Lily, derived from Old English lilie, from Latin liliium, from Greek leirion.


morpheme_key: lilt

morpheme: lilt

morpheme_head: lilt

affix_form: -lilt-

meaning_definition: rhythmic swing | light movement | melodic cadence

example_words_list_1: lilt, lilting, liltingly

example_words_corpus: lilts | lilted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sound, Rhythm

etymology: Middle English lilt (onomatopoeic origin)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: lim

morpheme: lim

morpheme_head: lim

affix_form: -lim-

affix_type: infix

meaning_definition: transition point | dividing line | margin | frontier

example_words_list_1: delimit | limit | limitation | unlimited | eliminate | limen | liminal | preliminary | sublimate | sublime | subliminal | limacine | limicoline | limicolous | limivorous

example_words_corpus: ipilimumab | zanolimumab | vepalimomab | morolimumab | metelimumab | sifalimumab

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Boundary

etymology: From Latin limes (genitive limitis) meaning 'boundary, path, or border', derived from the verb limare 'to smooth or clear a path'.

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: limb

morpheme: limb

morpheme_head: limb

affix_form: -limb-

allomorphs: limbo

meaning_definition: perimeter | rim

example_words_list_1: limb (border, edge), limbate, limbic, limbo (indeterminate place), limbus

example_words_corpus: limbs | limbed | delimb | belimb | unlimb | delimbs

categorical_group_list: Boundary, Spatial, Nature

etymology: Greek limnē : marsh, lake

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: limber

morpheme: limber

morpheme_head: limber

affix_form: -limber-

meaning_definition: flexible | supple | agile

example_words_list_1: limber, limberness

example_words_corpus: limbers | unlimber | limbered | limberly | unlimbers | limbering

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Motion

etymology: Middle English limber, related to limp


morpheme_key: limbic

morpheme: limbic

morpheme_head: limbic

affix_form: -limbic-

meaning_definition: border | edge | boundary

example_words_list_1: limbic system, limbic

example_words_corpus: prelimbic | nonlimbic | mesolimbic | paralimbic | infralimbic | intralimbic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Spatial, Boundary

etymology: Latin limen, limitis 'threshold, boundary'


morpheme_key: limin

morpheme: limin

morpheme_head: limin

affix_form: -limin-

meaning_definition: threshold | boundary | border

example_words_list_1: liminal, sublimate, subliminal

categorical_group_list: Space, Boundary

etymology: Latin limes (genitive limitis) 'border, boundary'


morpheme_key: limit

morpheme: limit

morpheme_head: limit

affix_form: -limit-

meaning_definition: boundary | restriction | end

example_words_list_1: limit, limitation, limitless, unlimited

example_words_corpus: limited | limiter | limites | colimit | unlimit | limiting

categorical_group_list: Restriction, Boundary, Quantity

etymology: Latin limes (genitive limitis) 'boundary, path' + -it-


morpheme_key: limn

morpheme: limn

morpheme_head: limn

affix_form: -limn-

allomorphs: limno

sense_label: lake, pond

meaning_definition: inland water expanse | shallow water pool

example_words_list_1: hypolimnion, limnetic, Limnobium, limnology

example_words_corpus: limns | limned | limner | enlimn | limners | limning

categorical_group_list: Hydrology, Nature

etymology: From Greek limnē 'lake, pond'

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific


morpheme_key: limousine

morpheme: limousine

morpheme_head: limousine

affix_form: -limousine-

meaning_definition: large luxury vehicle | chauffeured car

example_words_list_1: limousine

example_words_corpus: limousines | limousinelike

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: French 'limousine' (referring to the Limousin region)

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: limpa

morpheme: limpa

morpheme_head: limp

affix_form: limpa-

allomorphs: limpa

sense_label: clear, water

meaning_definition: clear, water

example_words_list_1: limpid, limpidity, lymph

example_words_list_2: limpid, limpidity, lymph

categorical_group_list: Nature, Fluidity, Clarity

etymology: limpa ~water~


morpheme_key: limpet

morpheme: limpet

morpheme_head: limpet

affix_form: -limpet-

meaning_definition: marine mollusk | gastropod

example_words_list_1: limpet

example_words_corpus: limpets | limpetlike

categorical_group_list: Biology, Marine life

etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French limpete, from Old French limpe, from Late Latin limpa


morpheme_key: limpid

morpheme: limpid

morpheme_head: limpid

affix_form: -limpid-

meaning_definition: clear | transparent | pellucid

example_words_list_1: limpidity, limpidness

example_words_corpus: limpidly | limpidness

categorical_group_list: Clarity, Visual property

etymology: Latin limpidus 'clear, transparent', from limen 'clear water' (related to limo 'to make muddy')


morpheme_key: lin

morpheme: lin

morpheme_head: lin

affix_form: lin-

allomorphs: lins

meaning_definition: fiber from flax plant | fabric derived from flax

example_words_list_1: linen, linenum, linseed

example_words_corpus: lins | blin | blins | œnolin | Linsanity

related_morphemes: line / line

categorical_group_list: Material, Plant product

etymology: Latin linum 'flax, linen'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: linctus

morpheme: linctus

morpheme_head: linctus

affix_form: -linctus-

meaning_definition: syrup | liquid | medicinal liquid

example_words_list_1: linctus

categorical_group_list: Substance, Liquid, Medicinal

etymology: Latin linctus 'licking', past participle of lingere 'to lick'


morpheme_key: linden

morpheme: linden

morpheme_head: linden

affix_form: -linden-

meaning_definition: lime tree | basswood tree

example_words_list_1: linden, lindenwood

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Old English 'lind' (lime tree)

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: line

morpheme: line

morpheme_head: line

affix_form: -line-

sense_label: line

meaning_definition: A continuous mark or sequence | A directional path | A boundary or division | A category or group | To guide along a path

example_words_list_1: align | alignment | ambilineal | ambilineality | bilinear | collinear | collinearity | collineation | curvilinear | curvilinearity | delineate | delineation | delineavit | line | linea | lineage | lineal | lineament | linear | linearity | lineate | lineation | matrilineal | multicollinearity | multilinear | nonalignment | noncollinear | nonlineal | nonlinear | nonlinearity | quasilinear | realign | realignment | rectilinear | rectilinearity | sesquilinear | sublineage | sublinear | supralinear | trilinear | unilinear | airline | byline | colinear | linebacker | lineman | liner | lineup | outline | patrilineal | streamline | underline Variant Spellings: align | collimate

example_words_corpus: linen | lines | lined | liner | cline | aline

related_morphemes: lin / lin

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'līnea' meaning 'line, string, cord', derived from 'līmen' (thread, flax)


morpheme_key: linea

morpheme: linea

morpheme_head: linea

affix_form: -linea-

meaning_definition: linear, straight line

example_words_list_1: interlinear, matrilinear, nonlinear, patrilinear

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry, Sequence

etymology: Latin linea 'line, string, cord'


morpheme_key: lineage

morpheme: lineage

morpheme_head: lineage

affix_form: -lineage-

meaning_definition: line | descent | ancestry

example_words_list_1: lineage, lineage-based

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Continuity

etymology: Latin lineage- 'line, descent' (from linere 'to smear, line')


morpheme_key: linear

morpheme: linear

morpheme_head: linear

affix_form: -linear

example_words_list_2: interlinear, matrilinear, nonlinear, patrilinear

example_words_corpus: linearly | bilinear | trilinear | nonlinear | linearity | linearize

categorical_group_list: Geometry, Shape, Sequence

etymology: Latin 'linearis' from 'linea' meaning 'line, string'


morpheme_key: ling

morpheme: ling

morpheme_head: ling

affix_form: -ling

sense_label: person/animal characterized by

affix_type: suffix

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: being characterized by | related to | one who performs an action | descendant of | a lesser version of | extremely small | a small or young variant of {prev}

example_words_list_1: darling | duckling | fingerling | gosling | underling | earthling | sibling | hireling | sapling

example_words_corpus: lingy | sibling | gosling | darling | warling | codling

categorical_group_list: Diminutive | Attribute mitigator

ancestor_etymon: Norse diminutive-patrinominative | -ling  OED | ling

etymology: Old English -ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, from PIE *-lengʰ- (diminutive suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: linger

morpheme: linger

morpheme_head: linger

affix_form: -linger-

meaning_definition: stay | remain | delay

example_words_list_1: lingering

example_words_corpus: lingers | lingered | lingerer | lingerly | lingering | lingerers

categorical_group_list: Duration, Persistence

etymology: Middle English lingeren


morpheme_key: lingerie

morpheme: lingerie

morpheme_head: lingerie

affix_form: lingerie

meaning_definition: Women's underwear, especially lacy or seductive | Nightclothes for women | Clothing designed for seductive purposes

example_words_list_1: lingeries | lingeried

example_words_corpus: lingeries | lingeried

etymology: Derived from French 'lingerie,' from 'linge' meaning linen.

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: lings

morpheme: lings

morpheme_head: lings

affix_form: -lings

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adverb | noun plural

meaning_definition: existing in a particular condition | position or direction determined by the initial component | a diminutive or immature version of the preceding term

example_words_list_1: darkling | flatlings

example_words_list_2: darkling | flatlings

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

ancestor_etymon: liŋg- | laŋg- | luŋg- OED | ling

etymology: Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling (denoting a person or thing characterized by the preceding element)

ancestor_etymon_language: German  OED


morpheme_key: lingua

morpheme: lingu(a)

morpheme_head: lingu(a)

affix_form: lingu-

allomorphs: lingu(o)

meaning_definition: tongue | language

example_words_list_1: linguistics

example_words_list_2: linguistics

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Latin lingua "tongue, language"

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: linguo

morpheme: linguo

morpheme_head: linguo

affix_form: linguo-

allomorphs: lingu

meaning_definition: language | tongue

example_words_list_1: linguonym | linguonyms | linguolabial | linguofacial | linguolabials | linguocultural

categorical_group_list: Communication, Cognition


morpheme_key: liniment

morpheme: liniment

morpheme_head: liniment

affix_form: -liniment-

meaning_definition: liquid | medicinal | soothing

example_words_list_1: liniment, linimental

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Substance

etymology: Latin linimentum, from linere 'to smear'


morpheme_key: link

morpheme: link

morpheme_head: link

affix_form: -link-

meaning_definition: connect | join | bind

example_words_list_1: linkage, hyperlink, interlink

example_words_corpus: links | linky | uplink | linked | linkup | unlink

categorical_group_list: Connection, Relation

etymology: Latin 'lincum' (noose, snare) or 'ligare' (to bind)


morpheme_key: linqu

morpheme: linqu

morpheme_head: linqu

affix_form: linqu-

meaning_definition: depart | release | abandon

example_words_list_1: dereliction | relic | relict | relinquish | delinquent | delinquency

related_morphemes: lic2 / lic

categorical_group_list: Abandonment, Departure

etymology: Latin linquere 'to leave, abandon'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: linquere

morpheme: linquere

morpheme_head: linquere

affix_form: linqu

allomorphs: linqu

meaning_definition: depart | abandon

example_words_list_1: relinquish

example_words_list_2: relinquish

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: linqu


morpheme_key: linseed

morpheme: linseed

morpheme_head: linseed

affix_form: -linseed-

meaning_definition: flax | flaxseed

example_words_list_1: linseed oil

example_words_corpus: linseeds

categorical_group_list: Nature, Plant, Food

etymology: Middle English 'lin' (flax) + 'seed'


morpheme_key: lint

morpheme: lint

morpheme_head: lint

affix_form: -lint-

meaning_definition: thread | line | string

example_words_list_1: linen, lintel, filament, filamentous

example_words_corpus: linty | lints | linter | delint | delints | linting

categorical_group_list: Material, Linear object, Textile

etymology: Latin 'līna' meaning 'linen thread' or 'string'


morpheme_key: lintel

morpheme: lintel

morpheme_head: lintel

affix_form: -lintel-

meaning_definition: horizontal support | beam | crossbar

example_words_list_1: lintel, lintelled, linteling

example_words_corpus: lintels

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Structure

etymology: Latin lintel 'crossbeam, header' (of uncertain origin, possibly from PIE *lent- 'to lean')


morpheme_key: lion

morpheme: lion

morpheme_head: lion

affix_form: -lion-

meaning_definition: large carnivorous feline | emblematic heraldic figure | metaphor for courage or dominance

example_words_list_1: dandelion, lion, Lionel, lionize

example_words_list_2: dandelion, lion, Lionel, lionize

example_words_corpus: lions | lionet | lionly | lioness | lionize | antlion

related_morphemes: leon / leon

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: Greek -leipsis : defect, failing leipein : to fall short, to fail, to leave


morpheme_key: lip

morpheme: lip

morpheme_head: lip

affix_form: lip-

sense_label: fat

meaning_definition: fat | lipid | oily

example_words_list_1: lips | lippy | lipoid | lipped | liplet | harelip

categorical_group_list: Substance, Biological

etymology: Greek lipos 'fat, tallow'

source: Wikidata


affix_form: -lip-

sense_label: leave

meaning_definition: leave

example_words_list_1: eclipse, ellipse, elliptical,

example_words_list_2: eclipse, ellipse, elliptical,

example_words_corpus: lips | lippy | lipoid | lipped | liplet | harelip

categorical_group_list: Motion, Absence

etymology: Greek ek- "out" + leipein "to leave"


morpheme_key: lipo

morpheme: lipo

morpheme_head: lipo

affix_form: lipo-

allomorphs: lipa

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: adipose | adipose material or fatty | adipose tissue

example_words_list_1: lipolysis | lipophile | lipophilic | lipopolysaccharide | lipoprotein | synaloepha | liposoluble | lipoblast | liposuction

example_words_corpus: lipoma | lipobox | liposome | lipotomy | lipocyte | lipoplex

ancestor_etymon: λίπος  OED

etymology: λίπος (lípos) | comb. form1 | combining form of Greek λίπος fat OED | Greek λίπος (lípos) | fat | lard

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


morpheme_key: lips

morpheme: lips

morpheme_head: lips

affix_form: lips

allomorphs: lipt

meaning_definition: to depart from | to forsake

example_words_list_1: eclipse, ecliptic, ellipse, ellipsis, elliptical

categorical_group_list: Abandonment, Absence, Omission

etymology: Greek 'leipein' 'to leave, abandon'


morpheme_key: liqu

morpheme: liqu

morpheme_head: liqu

affix_form: liqu-

sense_label: flow

meaning_definition: movement | fluid substance | act of moving | remain liquid | transparent

example_words_list_1: liquid, liquidate, liquidity, liquefy

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: liqu

etymology: Latin liquere 'to be fluid, clear' or liquefacere 'to melt, dissolve'

source: Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Wikidata


morpheme_key: liquor

morpheme: liquor

morpheme_head: liquor

affix_form: liquor

meaning_definition: A parsley-based sauce traditionally served with pies and mashed potatoes | A type of condiment used in certain regional cuisines

example_words_list_1: liquors | liquory | liquorless | antiliquor


morpheme_key: lira

morpheme: lira

morpheme_head: lira

affix_form: -lira-

meaning_definition: line | string | thread

example_words_list_1: linear, linearize, linearity, linearization

example_words_corpus: liras

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Linear dimension, Geometry

etymology: Latin 'līra' meaning 'line, string, or wire', possibly from Greek 'leirā' (furrow)


morpheme_key: lire

morpheme: lire

morpheme_head: lire

affix_form: -lire-

meaning_definition: read | to read

example_words_list_1: literature, literate, illiterate

example_words_corpus: lires

categorical_group_list: Communication, Literacy

etymology: Latin 'legere' meaning 'to gather, pick, read'


morpheme_key: liri

morpheme: liri

morpheme_head: liri

affix_form: -liri-

meaning_definition: to till unevenly | to babble incoherently

example_words_list_1: delirium, delirious

example_words_list_2: delirium, delirious

categorical_group_list: Motion, Mental State

ancestor_etymon: liri

etymology: Latin 'līrus' meaning 'crooked, bent' or 'deviating from the straight path'


morpheme_key: lis

morpheme: lis

morpheme_head: lis

affix_form: -lis-

meaning_definition: hurt, strike

example_words_list_1: allision, collide, collision, elide, elidible, elision, illesive, lesion

categorical_group_list: Action, Impact, Damage

etymology: laedere, laesus, -lidere


morpheme_key: lisp

morpheme: lisp

morpheme_head: lisp

affix_form: -lisp-

meaning_definition: tongue | language | speech

example_words_list_1: linguistics, glossary, polyglot, idiom, dialect

example_words_corpus: lisps | lispy | lisper | lisped | Lisper | lisping

categorical_group_list: Language, Body part, Communication

etymology: Greek 'glōssa' meaning tongue or language


morpheme_key: liss

morpheme: liss

morpheme_head: liss

affix_form: -liss-

meaning_definition: smooth | soft | slippery

example_words_list_1: lissome,lissomely

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: From Old French lis(s)e, from Latin lissus, past participle of lissare 'to smooth', of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek leios 'smooth'.


morpheme_key: listen

morpheme: listen

morpheme_head: listen

affix_form: -listen-

meaning_definition: to perceive sound | to pay attention

example_words_list_1: listener, listening, listened

example_words_corpus: listens | listener | listened | relisten | listening | listeners

categorical_group_list: Perception, Sensory

etymology: Old English hlystan


morpheme_key: lit

morpheme: lit

morpheme_head: lit

affix_form: lit-

sense_label: prayer

meaning_definition: prayer | supplication

example_words_list_1: litany

example_words_list_2: litany

example_words_corpus: lits | unlit | litty | sunlit | litten | gaslit

categorical_group_list: Devotion, Ritual

etymology: λιτή (litḗ) | λιτανεία (litaneía)


morpheme_key: litany

morpheme: litany

morpheme_head: litany

affix_form: -litany-

meaning_definition: repetitive series | prayer | recitation

example_words_list_1: litany, liturgical, liturgist

example_words_corpus: litanywise

categorical_group_list: Speech, Ritual, Repetition

etymology: Greek litaneia "entreaty, prayer"


morpheme_key: lite

morpheme: lite

morpheme_head: lite

affix_form: -lite-

allomorphs: -lite

meaning_definition: rock | mineral | a stone | a mineral or stone categorized by the initial element | a mineral classified under a preceding category

example_words_list_1: aerolithology | endolith | endolithic | epilithic | lithagogue | lithic | lithography | lithology | lithophile | lithophone | lithophyte | lithosphere | lithotomy | megalith | Mesolithic | microlite | monolith | monolithic | Neolithic | Paleolithic | photolithography | phytolith | actinolite | aerolite | amphibolite | anthophyllite | aplite | argillite | carnallite | cellulite | chrysolite | copalite | coprolite | siderolite | cryolite | ichthyolite | saprolite

example_words_corpus: lites | lited | oolite | oolites | penlite | ovulite

related_morphemes: lith / lith

categorical_group_list: noun maker

ancestor_etymon: λίθος  OED | lith

etymology: Greek lithos 'stone'

source: Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: liter

morpheme: liter

morpheme_head: liter

affix_form: liter-

sense_label: letter

meaning_definition: character | volume | script

example_words_list_1: alliteration | alliterative | biliteral | biliterate | illiteracy | illiterate | literacy | literal | literary | literate | literati | literatim | literation | literator | literature | multiliteral | nonliteral | nonliterary | nonliterate | obliterate | obliteration | preliterate | quadriliteral | transliteracy | transliterate | transliteration | triliteral | uniliteral | transliterate Variant Spellings: letter unrelated: liter (unit of measure) | letter

example_words_corpus: liters | gigaliter | kiloliter | megaliter | petaliter | microliter

categorical_group_list: Core concept | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: liter

etymology: littera

source: Cognatarium | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Wikidata


morpheme_key: litera

morpheme: litera

morpheme_head: litera

affix_form: litera-

meaning_definition: letter

example_words_list_1: alliteration, alliterative, biliteral, biliterate, illiteracy, illiterate, literacy, literal, literary, literate, literati, literatim, literation, literator, literature, multiliteral, nonliteral, nonliterary, nonliterate, obliterate, obliteration, preliterate, quadriliteral, transliteracy, transliterate, transliteration, triliteral, uniliteral, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate

categorical_group_list: Writing, Language, Communication


morpheme_key: lithe

morpheme: lithe

morpheme_head: lithe

affix_form: -lithe-

meaning_definition: flexible | supple | agile

example_words_list_1: lithe

example_words_corpus: lithed | lithes | lithen | lithely | lithens | litheness

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Motion, Texture

etymology: Old English līthe "gentle, mild, supple"


morpheme_key: lithic

morpheme: lithic

morpheme_head: lithic

affix_form: -lithic

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: stone

example_words_list_1: aerolithology | endolith | endolithic | epilithic | lithagogue | lithic | lithography | lithology | lithophile | lithophone | lithophyte | lithosphere | lithotomy | megalith | Mesolithic | microlite | monolith | monolithic | Neolithic | Paleolithic | photolithography | phytolith

example_words_list_2: aerolithology, endolith, endolithic, epilithic, lithagogue, lithic, lithography, lithology, lithophile, lithophone, lithophyte, lithosphere, lithotomy, megalith, Mesolithic, microlite, monolith, monolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic, photolithography, phytolith

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: lith

etymology: λίθος (líthos)


morpheme_key: lithium

morpheme: lithium

morpheme_head: lithium

affix_form: -lithium-

meaning_definition: lithium

example_words_list_1: lithium, lithium-ion, lithium battery

example_words_corpus: lithiums | dilithium | nonlithium | trilithium | metalithium | monolithium

categorical_group_list: Element, Chemistry


morpheme_key: litho

morpheme: litho

morpheme_head: lith

affix_form: -litho-

allomorphs: lithi | litho

sense_label: stone

meaning_definition: stone | rock

example_words_list_1: monolith, lithography, petroglyph

example_words_corpus: lithosol | lithology | lithotomy | lithotype | lithosere | lithotint

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature


morpheme_key: litigant

morpheme: litigant

morpheme_head: litigant

affix_form: -litigant-

meaning_definition: to dispute | to contend | to sue

example_words_list_1: litigation, litigious, litigant

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Legal

etymology: Latin litigant- 'disputing', present participle stem of litigare 'to dispute, litigate', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


morpheme_key: litigare

morpheme: litigare

morpheme_head: litigare

affix_form: -litigare-

meaning_definition: to argue | to contest

example_words_list_1: litigate, litigant

example_words_list_2: litigate, litigant

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: liti

etymology: Latin litigare 'to dispute', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


morpheme_key: litigate

morpheme: litigate

morpheme_head: litigate

affix_form: -litigate-

meaning_definition: to contend in court | to engage in legal action

example_words_list_1: litigation, litigant, litigious

example_words_corpus: litigated | litigates | relitigate | relitigated | relitigates | outlitigate

categorical_group_list: Law, Conflict

etymology: Latin litigare 'to dispute, sue at law', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


morpheme_key: litigious

morpheme: litigious

morpheme_head: litigious

affix_form: -litigious-

meaning_definition: litigious | prone to litigation | quarrelsome

example_words_list_1: litigiousness

example_words_corpus: litigiously | nonlitigious | litigiousness

categorical_group_list: Legal, Behavior

etymology: from Latin litigiosus, from litigare 'to dispute, litigate', from litem 'lawsuit, dispute'


morpheme_key: litmus

morpheme: litmus

morpheme_head: litmus

affix_form: -litmus-

meaning_definition: indicator of acidity or alkalinity | test for chemical properties

example_words_list_1: litmus, litmus paper

example_words_corpus: litmuses

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Indicator

etymology: Latin litmus 'lichen' (specifically Roccella tinctoria), from Old Norse litmus or similar Germanic roots related to dyeing


morpheme_key: litre

morpheme: litre

morpheme_head: litre

affix_form: -litre-

meaning_definition: unit of volume

example_words_list_1: litre, millilitre, centilitre

example_words_corpus: litres | exalitre | decilitre | decalitre | petalitre | teralitre

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Quantity

etymology: French 'litre', derived from the metric system convention


morpheme_key: litter

morpheme: litter

morpheme_head: litter

affix_form: -litter-

meaning_definition: a framework for carrying things | a group of animals born at one time | a bed for a sick person

example_words_list_1: litter, littered, littering

example_words_corpus: litters | littery | litterer | littered | belitter | litterbug

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Physical state

etymology: Latin lītera 'letter' (originally referring to a tablet or list, later extended to a cradle or bed, and then to a carrier)


morpheme_key: little

morpheme: little

morpheme_head: little

affix_form: -little-

meaning_definition: small | slight | minimal

example_words_list_1: little, littleness, littlest

categorical_group_list: Size, Quantity

etymology: Old English lytel


morpheme_key: littoral

morpheme: littoral

morpheme_head: littoral

affix_form: -littoral-

meaning_definition: of or relating to a shore | coastal

example_words_list_1: littoral zone, littoral drift, littoral forest

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nature

etymology: Latin 'littoralis' from 'litus' 'shore'


morpheme_key: liturgic

morpheme: liturgic

morpheme_head: liturgic

affix_form: -liturgic-

meaning_definition: public service | religious worship | liturgical

example_words_list_1: liturgic

categorical_group_list: Religion, Ritual, Ceremony

etymology: Greek liturgikos 'of or for the people', from leitourgia 'public service'


morpheme_key: liturgy

morpheme: liturgy

morpheme_head: liturgy

affix_form: -liturgy-

meaning_definition: public worship | ritual | religious service

example_words_list_1: liturgical, liturgist

example_words_corpus: liturgic | liturgist | liturgies | liturgics | liturgize | liturgical

etymology: Greek liturgia 'public work, service'


morpheme_key: live

morpheme: live

morpheme_head: live

affix_form: -live-

allomorphs: livi

meaning_definition: to exist | to be alive | to reside

example_words_list_1: alive, lively, livable

example_words_corpus: liver | alive | lived | lives | liven | liveth

categorical_group_list: Existence, Vitality

etymology: Proto-Germanic *libaną 'to remain, stay, survive', from PIE *leib- 'to remain, stick'


morpheme_key: liverpool

morpheme: liverpool

morpheme_head: liverpool

affix_form: -liverpool-

meaning_definition: Liverpool (city in England) | Liver (organ)

example_words_list_1: Liverpool FC, Liverpudlian, Liverpudliana

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Toponym, Geographic Location

etymology: From Old English 'Lifepool' meaning 'deep pool' or 'stream', referring to the tidal pool where the River Mersey meets the River Irwell.


morpheme_key: livery

morpheme: livery

morpheme_head: livery

affix_form: -livery-

meaning_definition: uniform | clothing | distinctive dress

example_words_list_1: livery

example_words_corpus: liveryman

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Appearance

etymology: Old French 'livrée' (delivered/handed over)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: livid

morpheme: livid

morpheme_head: livid

affix_form: -livid-

meaning_definition: livid | pale | ashen | furious

example_words_list_1: lividity, lividness

example_words_corpus: lividly | lividity | lividness | lividities | lividnesses

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical state

etymology: Latin lividus 'bluish, leaden-colored', from livere 'to be bluish'


morpheme_key: livres

morpheme: livres

morpheme_head: livres

affix_form: -livres-

meaning_definition: book | books

example_words_list_1: library, libretto, liberate

categorical_group_list: Object, Written work

etymology: Latin 'liber, libri' meaning 'book'


morpheme_key: liz

morpheme: liz

morpheme_head: liz

affix_form: -liz-

meaning_definition: life | living | alive

example_words_list_1: biology, biography, biome, antibiotic, amoral

example_words_corpus: Lizzie

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology, Core concept

etymology: Greek 'bios' meaning 'life'


morpheme_key: lizard

morpheme: lizard

morpheme_head: lizard

affix_form: -lizard-

meaning_definition: reptile | squamate

example_words_list_1: lizard, lizardly

example_words_corpus: lizards | lizardy | lizardly | lizardry | lizardom | lizardman

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Biology

etymology: Old English 'lizard' (from Middle English 'lisard')


morpheme_key: llama

morpheme: llama

morpheme_head: llama

affix_form: -llama-

meaning_definition: llama

example_words_list_1: llama

example_words_corpus: llamas | llamalike | llamacide

categorical_group_list: Animal, Mammal

etymology: Quechua 'llama'

ancestor_etymon_language: Quechua


morpheme_key: load

morpheme: load

morpheme_head: load

affix_form: -load-

meaning_definition: to carry | to weigh | burden | weight

example_words_list_1: download, upload, reload, overload

example_words_corpus: loads | loaded | upload | unload | loader | reload

categorical_group_list: Motion, Weight, Burden

etymology: Old English 'lædan' (to lead, guide) and 'lǣdan' (to carry, bear), from Proto-Germanic '*ladōną', from PIE '*lādho-' (way, road)


morpheme_key: loaf

morpheme: loaf

morpheme_head: loaf

affix_form: -loaf-

meaning_definition: a shaped mass of bread

example_words_list_1: loaf

example_words_corpus: loafed | loafing | catloaf | loaflet | meatloaf | loaflike

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: Old English 'hlāf'


morpheme_key: loam

morpheme: loam

morpheme_head: loam

affix_form: -loam-

meaning_definition: earth | soil | fertile ground

example_words_list_1: loamy, loam

example_words_corpus: loamy | loams | loamless | loaminess | Loamshire

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Material

etymology: Old English lām 'clay, mud, or soft earth'


morpheme_key: loan

morpheme: loan

morpheme_head: loan

affix_form: -loan-

meaning_definition: borrowed | taken from another source

example_words_list_1: loan, loanword, loanable

example_words_corpus: loans | loaner | loaned | loanee | reloan | loaning

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Transfer

etymology: Old English lān 'borrowed, lent', from Proto-Germanic *lāną, from Proto-Indo-European *lād- 'to load, carry'


morpheme_key: loathe

morpheme: loathe

morpheme_head: loathe

affix_form: -loathe-

allomorphs: loath

meaning_definition: to feel intense dislike or aversion for

example_words_list_1: loathe, loathing

example_words_corpus: loather | loathed | loathes | loathers | loathest | loatheth

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Dislike

etymology: Old French loathe/lote

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: lobe

morpheme: lobe

morpheme_head: lobe

affix_form: -lobe-

meaning_definition: rounded part | projection | section

example_words_list_1: cerebral, lobule, lobotomy

example_words_corpus: lobed | lobes | bilobe | bilobed | unlobed | lobefin

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape, Structure

etymology: Latin loba 'lobe, fold of the brain' (plural of lobus)


morpheme_key: lobscouse

morpheme: lobscouse

morpheme_head: lobscouse

affix_form: -lobscouse-

meaning_definition: stew | meat dish

example_words_list_1: lobscouse

example_words_corpus: lobscouser | lobscouses | lobscousers

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: From Dutch 'lobsaus' or 'lobbesaus', a stew of salted meat and vegetables, possibly from 'lob' (a piece of meat) + 'saus' (sauce/stew).


morpheme_key: loc

morpheme: loc

morpheme_head: loc

affix_form: -loc-

allomorphs: locum

sense_label: place

meaning_definition: place

example_words_list_1: location | locus | accouchement | allocate | bilocation | bilocular | cislocative | collocation | couch | couchant | dislocate | dislocation | interlocal | lieu | local | locale | locality | locate | locative | locator | locomotion | loculament | locular | locule | loculose | loculus | milieu | multilocal | multilocation | multilocular | nonlocal | relocate | relocation | translocate | translocation | translocative | trilocular | unilocular

example_words_corpus: locs | loccer | loccers

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Location

etymology: locus, locare


morpheme_key: local

morpheme: local

morpheme_head: local

affix_form: -local-

meaning_definition: place | area | region

example_words_list_1: locality, localized, localization

example_words_corpus: locals | glocal | locally | bilocal | localize | duolocal

categorical_group_list: Location, Space

etymology: Latin 'locus' meaning 'place'


morpheme_key: locate

morpheme: locate

morpheme_head: locate

affix_form: -locate-

meaning_definition: place | position | site

example_words_list_1: location, relocate, dislocation

example_words_corpus: located | locates | locater | locatee | relocate | locaters

categorical_group_list: Space, Position


morpheme_key: loch

morpheme: loch

morpheme_head: loch

affix_form: -loch-

meaning_definition: lake | loch

example_words_list_1: loch, lochside

example_words_corpus: lochs | lochside

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: Scottish Gaelic 'loch'

ancestor_etymon_language: Gaelic


morpheme_key: lock

morpheme: lock

morpheme_head: lock

affix_form: -lock-

allomorphs: locke

meaning_definition: a secure fastening device | to fasten securely

example_words_list_1: locks | locky | slock | unlock | uplock | locked

categorical_group_list: Security, Fastening, Action

etymology: From Old English 'læccan' meaning 'to catch, seize, or fasten'.


morpheme_key: locust

morpheme: locust

morpheme_head: locust

affix_form: -locust-

meaning_definition: grasshopper | locust

example_words_list_1: locust

example_words_corpus: locusts | locustal | locustlike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nature

etymology: Latin locusta 'lobster, crayfish, locust'


morpheme_key: lode

morpheme: lode

morpheme_head: lode

affix_form: -lode-

meaning_definition: way | course | direction | path

example_words_list_1: lode, lodestone

example_words_corpus: lodes | lodestar | lodesman | lodeship | lodestars | lodeships

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, Resource

etymology: Old English lād 'way, course, direction'


morpheme_key: lodge

morpheme: lodge

morpheme_head: lodge

affix_form: -lodge-

meaning_definition: dwelling | shelter | place of residence

example_words_list_1: lodge, lodging, lodger, lodgepole

example_words_corpus: lodger | lodged | lodges | lodgeth | lodgers | lodgest

categorical_group_list: Shelter, Dwelling, Habitat

etymology: Middle English 'logge' (cabin, hut)


morpheme_key: loft

morpheme: loft

morpheme_head: loft

affix_form: -loft-

meaning_definition: high | elevated | upper part

example_words_list_1: loft, loftiness, loftily

example_words_corpus: lofty | aloft | lofts | lofted | lofter | deloft

categorical_group_list: Space, Elevation

etymology: Old English lof "glory, praise" or loft "upper part"


morpheme_key: log

morpheme: log

morpheme_head: log

affix_form: -log-

sense_label: small house, sheltered place

meaning_definition: tiny dwelling | protected area

example_words_list_1: loge | loggia Variant Spellings: lodge | lodge

example_words_corpus: logs | weblog | logjam | logger | logged | putlog

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old French loge : summer house, arbor


affix_form: loc

allomorphs: loc | loq

sense_label: word

meaning_definition: term | logic | spoken expression | cognition | discourse about a subject | expression shaped by the initial component

example_words_list_1: dialogue, monologue, epilogue, prologue, apology

categorical_group_list: Communication, Thought, Logic

ancestor_etymon: -logue / -λογος OED

etymology: Greek -logos 'speech, discourse, reason'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | French from Greek OED


morpheme_key: logarithm

morpheme: logarithm

morpheme_head: logarithm

affix_form: -logarithm-

meaning_definition: ratio | proportion

example_words_list_1: logarithm, logarithmic, logarithmically

example_words_corpus: logarithms | logarithmic | cologarithm | dilogarithm | trilogarithm | logarithmize

categorical_group_list: Mathematics, Measurement

etymology: Greek logos 'ratio' + arithmos 'number'


morpheme_key: logia

morpheme: logia

morpheme_head: logia

affix_form: -logia

meaning_definition: study of | collection of | discourse on

example_words_list_1: paralogia

example_words_corpus: paralogia

categorical_group_list: Study, Discourse, Knowledge

etymology: Greek -logia, from -logos 'word, speech, reason'


morpheme_key: logical

morpheme: logical

morpheme_head: logical

affix_form: -logical

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

meaning_definition: word, reason, speech, thought, study, science, theory

example_words_list_1: biological, mythological, psychological

example_words_corpus: pyrological | phytological | acarological | chronological | nephrological | bibliological

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Communication, Intellect

etymology: λόγος (lógos), λογία (logía)


morpheme_key: logico

morpheme: logico

morpheme_head: logico

affix_form: logico-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: deductive thinking | rational thought | systematic reasoning

example_words_list_2: logico-grammatical, logico-mathematical

categorical_group_list: Logic, Cognition

ancestor_etymon: λογική  OED

etymology: taken as comb. form of logic n., logical adj., < Greek λογική OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | OED


morpheme_key: logist

morpheme: logist

morpheme_head: logist

affix_form: -logist

meaning_definition: one who studies|one who practices|specialist in

example_words_list_1: oncologist | pathologist | analogy | anthology | apology | biology | dialogue | doxology | ecology | epilogue | etymology | eulogy | geology | ideologue | logarithm | logic | logogram | logopaedics | logophile | logotherapy | meteorology | monologue | morphological | neologism | neurology | philology | prologue | psychology | tautology | terminology | theology | toxicology | trilogy | zoology | Geologist

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

ancestor_etymon: log

etymology: Greek λογιστής (logistḗs) | studier | practitioner (lit. | accountant) | λόγος (lógos) | λογία (logía)


morpheme_key: logistic

morpheme: logistic

morpheme_head: logistic

affix_form: -logistic-

meaning_definition: study of | science of

example_words_list_1: autologistic

example_words_corpus: autologistic

categorical_group_list: Science, Study, Logic

etymology: Greek -logia (study of) + -istic (pertaining to)


morpheme_key: logjam

morpheme: logjam

morpheme_head: logjam

affix_form: -logjam-

meaning_definition: stoppage | blockage | impasse

example_words_list_1: logjam

categorical_group_list: Obstruction, Stagnation

etymology: Compound of log (tree) + jam (blockage)


morpheme_key: logos

morpheme: logos

morpheme_head: logos

affix_form: -logos-

meaning_definition: term | group of terms

example_words_list_1: dialogue, monologue, logic, prologue

categorical_group_list: Language, Speech, Reason

etymology: From Greek 'logos' meaning 'word, speech, reason'


morpheme_key: logue

morpheme: logue

morpheme_head: logue

affix_form: -logue

allomorphs: logues

meaning_definition: oral expression | exchange | analysis | composition

example_words_list_1: dialogue, monologue, epilogue, prologue

example_words_corpus: duologue | azalogue | geologue | ideologue | polylogue | duologues

categorical_group_list: Communication, Knowledge

ancestor_etymon: log | -logue / -λογος OED

etymology: From Greek -logos, from legein 'to speak, to gather'


morpheme_key: logy

morpheme: logy

morpheme_head: logy

affix_form: -logy

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: denotes the academic study or practice of a specific area | the study of a subject | a suffix indicating a field of knowledge | intellectual pursuit, reasoning, or discourse | scientific discipline, theoretical framework, or branch of science | the study or analysis related to the preceding term's meaning

example_words_list_1: biology, psychology, sociology, geology, archaeology

example_words_corpus: oölogy | oology | zoology | biology | myology | urology

categorical_group_list: Study, Science, Academic Discipline

ancestor_etymon: -λογία  OED | log

etymology: From Greek -logia 'study of', derived from logos 'word, reason, discourse'


morpheme_key: loin

morpheme: loin

morpheme_head: loin

affix_form: -loin-

meaning_definition: part of the body | flank

example_words_list_1: loin, loincloth

example_words_corpus: loins | loineye | loinskin | loincloth | striploin | loinskins

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin lumbus 'loin, flank'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: lois

morpheme: lois

morpheme_head: lois

affix_form: -lois-

meaning_definition: law | legal | right

example_words_list_1: legal, legislation, illegal, legislature, jurisprudence

example_words_corpus: Clois

categorical_group_list: Law, Justice, Legal System

etymology: Latin 'lex' (genitive 'legis') meaning 'law'


morpheme_key: loiter

morpheme: loiter

morpheme_head: loiter

affix_form: -loiter-

meaning_definition: to linger | to hang around | to idle

example_words_list_1: loiterer, loitering

example_words_corpus: loiters | loiterer | loitered | loitering | loiterers | loitereth

categorical_group_list: Motion, State of being

etymology: Middle English loitern, likely related to 'loll' (to loll/hang)'


morpheme_key: lolly

morpheme: lolly

morpheme_head: lolly

affix_form: -lolly-

meaning_definition: lollipop | sweet | candy

example_words_list_1: lollipop, lollygag, lollypop

categorical_group_list: Food, Confectionery, Informal

etymology: From 'lolly' (tongue or sweet) + '-y' (diminutive suffix), originally referring to a sweet on a stick.


morpheme_key: lombard

morpheme: lombard

morpheme_head: lombard

affix_form: -lombard-

meaning_definition: Lombard | Lombardy

example_words_list_1: Lombard, Lombardic, Lombardian

example_words_corpus: lombards

categorical_group_list: Geography, Ethnicity, History

etymology: From Latin Langobardus, referring to the Lombard people or the region of Lombardy in Italy.


morpheme_key: london

morpheme: london

morpheme_head: london

affix_form: -london-

meaning_definition: London (city in England)

example_words_list_1: Londoner, London-based, Londoner

example_words_corpus: Londoner | Londonize | Londonish | londonite | Londonism | Londonite

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Old English 'Lundenwic' or 'Lundenburh', referring to the settlement at the River Thames.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: lone

morpheme: lone

morpheme_head: lone

affix_form: -lone-

meaning_definition: solitary | single | alone

example_words_list_1: lone, lonely, lonesomeness

example_words_corpus: loner | lonely | loners | lonesome | unlonely | loneness

categorical_group_list: Solitude, Number, Singularity

etymology: Old English lōn (solitary, single)


morpheme_key: long

morpheme: long

morpheme_head: long

affix_form: long-

sense_label: long

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: preposition | not suffix

meaning_definition: prolonged | alongside

example_words_list_1: long, length, prolong, elongate

example_words_corpus: along | longs | longy | belong | longer | longed

categorical_group_list: Direction designator | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: long

etymology: longus | Greek lophos : crest | tuft


morpheme_key: longue

morpheme: longue

morpheme_head: longue

affix_form: -longue-

meaning_definition: long | extended | lengthy

example_words_list_1: longitude, prolong, longevity

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Spatiotemporal

etymology: Latin longus "long"


morpheme_key: longwood

morpheme: longwood

morpheme_head: longwood

affix_form: -longwood-

meaning_definition: a type of oak tree | a place name

example_words_list_1: longwood, Longwood

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany, Toponymy

etymology: from Old English 'lang' (long) + 'wudu' (wood, forest)


morpheme_key: look

morpheme: look

morpheme_head: look

affix_form: -look-

meaning_definition: to see | to direct eyes | to examine

example_words_list_1: look, looking, looked, looks

example_words_corpus: looks | lookt | uplook | looked | looker | lookit

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Old English lōcian


morpheme_key: loom

morpheme: loom

morpheme_head: loom

affix_form: -loom-

meaning_definition: to weave | to appear indistinctly

example_words_list_1: loom

example_words_corpus: looms | loomed | looming | heirloom | drawloom | autoloom

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation, Perception

etymology: Old English 'gelōma' (tool, implement)


morpheme_key: loop

morpheme: loop

morpheme_head: loop

affix_form: -loop-

meaning_definition: circle | cycle | repetition

example_words_list_1: loop, loophole, looped, looping

example_words_corpus: loopy | looper | looped | unloop | coloop | looping

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Continuity

etymology: Middle English 'loupe' (a knot or loop)


morpheme_key: loose

morpheme: loose

morpheme_head: loose

affix_form: loose

meaning_definition: Not tight or fastened | Free from constraints | In a relaxed state

example_words_list_1: loosen | loosed | looser | loosey | loosely | loosens

etymology: From Old English lōs, meaning 'free' or 'not tight'.


morpheme_key: loot

morpheme: loot

morpheme_head: loot

affix_form: -loot-

meaning_definition: to plunder | spoils of war | stolen goods

example_words_list_1: loot, looting, looter

example_words_corpus: loots | looter | looted | looting | looters | lootings

categorical_group_list: Possession, Wealth, Conflict

etymology: Middle English 'lote' or 'lote' (related to 'lot' or 'lote' as a portion/allotment)


morpheme_key: lop

morpheme: lop

morpheme_head: lop

affix_form: -lop-

meaning_definition: to move swiftly | to leap

example_words_list_1: elope, gallop, interloper, lope, wallop

example_words_list_2: elope, gallop, interloper, lope, wallop

example_words_corpus: lops | alop | loppy | lopper | lopped | lopping

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: From Old English lop 'leap, spring', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lope and German laufen 'to run'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: loph

morpheme: loph

morpheme_head: loph

affix_form: loph-

allomorphs: lopho

meaning_definition: crest | ridge | lobe

example_words_list_1: lophs | metaloph | paraloph | ectoloph | metalophs | ectolophs

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape, Structure

etymology: Greek lophas 'crest, tuft, or lobe'


morpheme_key: loqu

morpheme: loqu

morpheme_head: loqu

affix_form: loqu-

sense_label: speak

meaning_definition: verbal expression | act of speaking | spoken words | mental process

example_words_list_1: allocution | circumlocution | colloquial | colloquy | elocution | eloquent | eloquence | grandiloquent | interlocution | interlocutor | loquacious | loquacity | magniloquent | obloquy | soliloquy | grandiloquence | res ipsa loquitur | somniloquy | ventriloquist

related_morphemes: locu / locu

categorical_group_list: Communication, Speech, Verbal

ancestor_etymon: loc

etymology: loqui | Old English loren | pp. of leosan : to lose


morpheme_key: loquy

morpheme: loquy

morpheme_head: loquy

affix_form: -loquy-

meaning_definition: speech | talk | word

example_words_list_1: eloquent, loquacious, soliloquy, colloquy, loquaciousness

example_words_corpus: archiloquy

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication, Verbal Action

etymology: Latin loquax, loqui 'to speak'


morpheme_key: lord

morpheme: lord

morpheme_head: lord

affix_form: -lord-

meaning_definition: master | ruler | controller

example_words_list_1: lords | lordly | lorded | milord | belord | unlord

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Authority, Agency

etymology: Old English hlāford "bread-ward" (bread + keeper)


morpheme_key: lore

morpheme: lore

morpheme_head: lore

affix_form: -lore-

meaning_definition: knowledge | tradition | body of information

example_words_list_1: lore, folklore, mythology

example_words_corpus: lores | lored | loreal | faxlore | doglore | catlore

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Information, Narrative

etymology: Old English lār 'instruction, learning, doctrine'


morpheme_key: lorn

morpheme: lorn

morpheme_head: lorn

affix_form: -lorn-

meaning_definition: abandoned | left behind | to suffer loss | bereft

example_words_list_1: forlorn | lovelorn | lorn

example_words_list_2: forlorn | lovelorn | lorn

example_words_corpus: lornly | forlorn | lovelorn | lasslorn | lornness | forlornly

categorical_group_list: Loss, Emotion, State of being

etymology: Old English lorn, past participle of loren 'to lose', from Proto-Germanic *laizaną


morpheme_key: lorry

morpheme: lorry

morpheme_head: lorry

affix_form: -lorry-

meaning_definition: large heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods

example_words_list_1: ['lorry']

example_words_corpus: lorryfuls | lorryloads

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: From Old English 'læger' or 'lægerwægn', meaning 'wagon' or 'cart', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: lose

morpheme: lose

morpheme_head: lose

affix_form: -lose-

meaning_definition: to be deprived of | to fail to win | to misplace

example_words_list_1: lose, loser, losing, lost

example_words_corpus: loser | losel | loses | losed | losers | loseth

categorical_group_list: Deprivation, Failure, Loss

etymology: Old English lēosan 'to be lost, to perish'


morpheme_key: loss

morpheme: loss

morpheme_head: loss

affix_form: -loss-

meaning_definition: deprivation | absence | lack

example_words_list_1: loss, lossless, lost

example_words_corpus: lossy | losses | lossful | lossily | unlossy | lossless

categorical_group_list: Privation, Negation

etymology: Old English 'lās' (lacking, wanting)


morpheme_key: lost

morpheme: lost

morpheme_head: lost

affix_form: -lost-

meaning_definition: misplaced | gone | unable to be recovered

example_words_list_1: lost, lossless, lostness

categorical_group_list: Loss, Absence, Deprivation

etymology: Old English 'losian' 'to perish'


morpheme_key: lot

morpheme: lot

morpheme_head: lot

affix_form: -lot-

sense_label: lot, to divide or distribute by lot

meaning_definition: distribute randomly | allocate by chance

example_words_list_1: allot, lot (all senses), lottery, lotto

example_words_list_2: allot, lot (all senses), lottery, lotto

example_words_corpus: lots | allot | loted | allots | lotted | carlot

categorical_group_list: Distribution, Division, Chance

etymology: Greek klēros 'lot, object used for casting lots'


morpheme_key: lothario

morpheme: lothario

morpheme_head: lothario

affix_form: -lothario-

meaning_definition: a man who behaves in a seductive or unscrupulous manner toward women

example_words_list_1: lothario, lotharios

categorical_group_list: Person, Character trait

etymology: Proper name (from the character Lothario in the play 'The Rover')

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: lotion

morpheme: lotion

morpheme_head: lotion

affix_form: lotion

meaning_definition: A liquid preparation for application to the skin | A topical ointment | A skincare product

example_words_list_1: lotions | lotioned | lotional

example_words_corpus: lotions | lotioned | lotional


morpheme_key: lottery

morpheme: lottery

morpheme_head: lottery

affix_form: -lottery-

meaning_definition: game of chance | random drawing

example_words_list_1: lottery, lottery ticket, lottery winner, lottery pool, lottery draw

categorical_group_list: Chance, Gaming

etymology: Italian 'lotto' (game of chance)


morpheme_key: lotto

morpheme: lotto

morpheme_head: lotto

affix_form: -lotto-

meaning_definition: luck | fortune | chance

example_words_list_1: lottery, lotto, lottoed, lottoing

example_words_corpus: lottos | lottomania | lottocracy

categorical_group_list: Chance, Fortune, Gaming

etymology: Latin 'ludus' meaning 'game' or 'play', referring to games of chance.


morpheme_key: loud

morpheme: loud

morpheme_head: loud

affix_form: -loud-

meaning_definition: having a sound that is strong and easily heard | having a strong or noticeable effect

example_words_list_1: loudly, loudness, loudmouth

example_words_corpus: aloud | loudly | louden | loudish | loudens | loudness

categorical_group_list: Auditory, Intensity

etymology: Old English 'hlūd'


morpheme_key: louisiana

morpheme: louisiana

morpheme_head: louisiana

affix_form: -louisiana-

meaning_definition: Louisiana (US state)

example_words_list_1: Louisiana, Louisianan

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Toponym

etymology: Named after King Louis XIV of France; from French Louisiane.


morpheme_key: louisville

morpheme: louisville

morpheme_head: louisville

affix_form: -louisville-

meaning_definition: Louisville (city in Kentucky)

example_words_list_1: Louisville Slugger, Louisville Cardinals, Louisville Metro

example_words_corpus: Louisvillian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Toponym, Geographic Origin

etymology: Named after King Louis XVI of France; 'ville' from French 'ville' meaning town.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: lounge

morpheme: lounge

morpheme_head: lounge

affix_form: -lounge-

meaning_definition: to recline | to relax | to idle

example_words_list_1: lounge, lounging, loungers

example_words_corpus: lounged | lounges | lounger | loungers | loungeth | loungest

categorical_group_list: Motion, State of being

etymology: Middle French 'longue' (long) or 'lounger' (to idle)


morpheme_key: louse

morpheme: louse

morpheme_head: louse

affix_form: -louse-

meaning_definition: parasitic insect | pest

example_words_list_1: louse, lice

example_words_corpus: loused | louses | delouse | deloused | delouses | delouser

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: PIE *leus-

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: lout

morpheme: lout

morpheme_head: lout

affix_form: -lout-

meaning_definition: a clumsy or awkward person | a boorish person

example_words_list_1: lout, loutish

example_words_corpus: louts | louty | belout | loutish | loutsome | loutishly

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Personality

etymology: Middle English lout (to bend, stoop)


morpheme_key: louver

morpheme: louver

morpheme_head: louver

affix_form: -louver-

meaning_definition: slatted | angled | window component

example_words_list_1: ['louvered']

example_words_corpus: louvers | louvered

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Objects

etymology: French louvre (a shutter or vent)


morpheme_key: louvre

morpheme: louvre

morpheme_head: louvre

affix_form: -louvre-

meaning_definition: Louvre (museum) | Louvre (palace)

example_words_list_1: Louvre, Louvres, Louvriens

example_words_corpus: louvres

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Architecture, Art

etymology: From French 'le Louvre', originally referring to a medieval fortress (possibly from Frankish *hluvjo* 'heap, pile'), later the royal palace and now the famous art museum.


morpheme_key: lov

morpheme: lov

morpheme_head: love

affix_form: lov-

allomorphs: lov

meaning_definition: love, feeling

example_words_list_1: love, lovely, lover, beloved, lovable

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Affection

etymology: Old English lufu


morpheme_key: lovett

morpheme: lovett

morpheme_head: lovett

affix_form: -lovett-

meaning_definition: love

example_words_list_1: love, lovely, lover, beloved

etymology: From Latin 'love' (amare), likely via proper name Lovett or dialectal variation.


morpheme_key: low

morpheme: low

morpheme_head: low

affix_form: -low-

sense_label: not high

meaning_definition: not high | small in amount | deep in position

example_words_list_1: low, lowland, lowliness

example_words_corpus: lows | alow | below | lowly | lower | lowed

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Magnitude, Position

etymology: Old English læw "low, short, small"


morpheme_key: lower

morpheme: lower

morpheme_head: lower

affix_form: lower-

meaning_definition: lower

example_words_list_1: lower-class, lower-middle-class, lower-ranking, lowered, lowermost

example_words_corpus: lowery | lowerer

categorical_group_list: Degree, Position, Magnitude

etymology: Old English læger "low, small"


morpheme_key: lox

morpheme: lox

morpheme_head: lox

affix_form: lox-

meaning_definition: inclining | indirect | crosswise

example_words_list_1: Loxodonta, loxodrome, Loxosceles, Pyrrhuloxia

example_words_corpus: kerolox | hydrolox | methalox

categorical_group_list: Shape, Orientation

etymology: From Greek loxos meaning 'slanting' or 'oblique'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: loyal

morpheme: loyal

morpheme_head: loyal

affix_form: -loyal-

meaning_definition: faithful | devoted | steadfast

example_words_list_1: loyalty, loyalist, disloyal

example_words_corpus: loyally | unloyal | loyalist | loyalism | loyalize | nonloyal

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Allegiance

etymology: Latin fidelis 'faithful', from fides 'faith'


morpheme_key: lozenge

morpheme: lozenge

morpheme_head: lozenge

affix_form: -lozenge-

meaning_definition: diamond-shaped | rhombus-shaped | sweet | hard candy

example_words_list_1: lozenge

example_words_corpus: lozenges | lozenged | lozengelike | lozengewise | lozengeways

categorical_group_list: Shape, Food

etymology: Middle French 'losange' from 'losange' (rhombus)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: lu

morpheme: lu

morpheme_head: lu

affix_form: lu-

sense_label: to wash

meaning_definition: to wash | to flow

example_words_list_1: abluent | ablution | alluvium | colluvium | deluge | depollute | diluent | dilute | dilution | dilutive | diluvial | diluvian | diluvium | elute | elution | eluvial | elluviation | eluvium | illuviation | illuvium | lutaceous | lutite | pollution

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid

etymology: luere (see also diluere | fluere and pluere) | fluereand pluere)


morpheme_key: lubber

morpheme: lubber

morpheme_head: lubber

affix_form: -lubber-

meaning_definition: lubber | clumsy person | landsman

example_words_list_1: lubber, lubberly

example_words_corpus: lubbers | lubberly | lubberliness

categorical_group_list: Noun, Person, Derogatory

etymology: Middle English lubber, of unknown origin, possibly related to Old Norse lobbi 'lazy fellow'


morpheme_key: lubbers

morpheme: lubbers

morpheme_head: lubbers

affix_form: -lubbers-

meaning_definition: sailors | seamen | crew members

example_words_list_1: landlubber, old lubber

categorical_group_list: Noun, People, Maritime

etymology: Middle English lubber, of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch lubber or Middle Low German lubbe


morpheme_key: lubric

morpheme: lubric

morpheme_head: lubric

affix_form: -lubric-

sense_label: slippery

meaning_definition: slippery | smooth | oily

example_words_list_1: lubricate, lubricant, lubrication

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Latin lubricus 'slippery, slippery, slippery'


morpheme_key: luc

morpheme: luc

morpheme_head: luc

affix_form: luc-

allomorphs: luci

sense_label: bright

meaning_definition: illuminated | radiance | glitter

example_words_list_1: lucid, translucent, translucent, lucent

related_morphemes: lu / lu

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: luc

etymology: Latin lux, luc- 'light'


morpheme_key: lucerne

morpheme: lucerne

morpheme_head: lucerne

affix_form: -lucerne-

meaning_definition: a city | a town | a settlement

example_words_list_1: lucernary, lucernate, lucerne

categorical_group_list: Light, Illumination, Place, Proper Noun

etymology: From Latin 'lucerna' meaning 'lamp' or 'lantern', via the Italian city of Lucca (historically associated with light/lamps) or directly from the Latin word for a place of light, though in modern English it primarily refers to the Swiss city. However, as a morpheme/root in a TCG context, it likely derives from the Latin 'lucere' (to shine) or 'lucus' (grove/sacred wood). Given the form '-lucerne-', it is most likely a variant of 'luc-' (light) or a proper noun root. Let's assume the semantic root is 'light' or 'shining' based on Latin 'lucerna' (lamp) and 'lucere'.


morpheme_key: lucid

morpheme: lucid

morpheme_head: lucid

affix_form: -lucid-

meaning_definition: bright | clear | shining

example_words_list_1: lucid, elucidate, translucence, translucent

example_words_corpus: lucids | lucidly | unlucid | pellucid | lucidity | nonlucid

categorical_group_list: Light, Clarity, Perception

etymology: Latin lūcidus 'clear, bright', from lūx 'light'


morpheme_key: lucifer

morpheme: lucifer

morpheme_head: lucifer

affix_form: lucifer

meaning_definition: Proper noun referring to the King of Babylon who adopted the name of the planet Venus, as described in Isaiah 14:12 | A term used in religious or historical contexts to denote this figure | A name associated with the biblical reference to the fall of Babylon

example_words_list_1: Luciferic | Luciferian | Luciferianism

example_words_corpus: Luciferic | Luciferian | Luciferianism

etymology: Derived from Latin lūcifer, meaning 'light-bearer,' referring to the planet Venus.

register: historical


morpheme_key: lucius

morpheme: lucius

morpheme_head: lucius

affix_form: -lucius-

meaning_definition: light | bright | shining

example_words_list_1: lucid, translucent, elucidate

categorical_group_list: Light, Luminosity

etymology: Latin lūx (gen. lūcis) 'light'


morpheme_key: luck

morpheme: luck

morpheme_head: luck

affix_form: -luck-

meaning_definition: good fortune | chance | success

example_words_list_1: lucky, luckless, luckiness

example_words_corpus: lucky | lucks | unluck | lucker | luckily | potluck

categorical_group_list: Fortune, Probability

etymology: Middle English 'luk', related to Old Norse 'lukka'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: lucre

morpheme: lucre

morpheme_head: lucre

affix_form: -lucre-

allomorphs: lucr

meaning_definition: profit | gain | money

example_words_list_1: lucrative, lucre

categorical_group_list: Wealth, Value

etymology: Latin lucrum 'gain, profit'


morpheme_key: luct

morpheme: luct

morpheme_head: luct

affix_form: -luct-

meaning_definition: grapple | contend | strive

example_words_list_1: reluctant | ineluctable | reluctance | reluctivity

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Motion

etymology: Latin luctari 'to wrestle, struggle', from PIE *leug- 'to strip, flay'


morpheme_key: lud

morpheme: lud

morpheme_head: lud

affix_form: lud-

allomorphs: ludo

meaning_definition: engage in play | participate in games | jest | mock

example_words_list_1: allude | collude | delude | elude | elusive | elusory | illude | illusion | ludicrous | lusory | prelude | interlude | ludic | postlude

related_morphemes: lus / lus

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: lud

etymology: Latin ludere 'to play'


morpheme_key: ludicrous

morpheme: ludicrous

morpheme_head: ludicrous

affix_form: -ludicrous-

meaning_definition: absurd | ridiculous | laughable

example_words_list_1: ludicrous

example_words_corpus: ludicrously | unludicrous | ludicrousness | cockaludicrous

categorical_group_list: Absurdity, Emotion

etymology: Latin 'ludicrus' (sportive, playful), from 'ludus' (game, play)


morpheme_key: lug

morpheme: lug

morpheme_head: lug

affix_form: -lug-

meaning_definition: the action of washing | to carry out washing

example_words_list_1: deluge | dilute | lavatory

example_words_list_2: deluge | dilute | lavatory

example_words_corpus: lugs | tolug | lugger | lugged | luggage | lugging

ancestor_etymon: lav

etymology: Latin 'lūgere' meaning 'to wash'


morpheme_key: lugere

morpheme: lugere

morpheme_head: lugere

affix_form: lugere

allomorphs: lugubris

meaning_definition: to grieve | sorrowful, sad

example_words_list_1: lugubrious

example_words_list_2: lugubrious

ancestor_etymon: lugu

etymology: From Latin lūgere 'to mourn, grieve', likely from Proto-Indo-European *leug- 'to bend, bow down' (cf. Greek leukos 'white' via sense of 'pale with grief' or Oscan leug- 'to swear'), though the exact PIE root is debated.


morpheme_key: lugubr

morpheme: lugubr

morpheme_head: lugubr

affix_form: -lugubr-

meaning_definition: mournful | gloomy | sad

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sadness

etymology: Latin lugubris 'mournful, sad', from lugeo 'to mourn, lament'


morpheme_key: lull

morpheme: lull

morpheme_head: lull

affix_form: -lull-

meaning_definition: soothe | quiet | calm

example_words_list_1: lullaby, lull

example_words_corpus: lulls | lulled | luller | belull | lulling | lullers

categorical_group_list: State of being, Motion

etymology: Middle English lullen, related to lullaby


morpheme_key: lullaby

morpheme: lullaby

morpheme_head: lullaby

affix_form: -lullaby-

meaning_definition: song | soothing | sleep-inducing

example_words_list_1: lullabies, lull

example_words_corpus: lullabyish | lullabylike

categorical_group_list: Music, Sleep, Soothing

etymology: imitative of the sound 'lull'


morpheme_key: lum

morpheme: lum

morpheme_head: lum

affix_form: -lum-

meaning_definition: glow | emit light

example_words_list_1: illuminate | luminous | translucent | lucid | luster

example_words_corpus: lums

categorical_group_list: Light, Vision

etymology: Latin lūmen 'light' (stem lūc-), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- 'light, brightness'


morpheme_key: lumbar

morpheme: lumbar

morpheme_head: lumbar

affix_form: -lumbar-

meaning_definition: lower | bottom | lumbar region

example_words_list_1: lumbar, lumbosacral

example_words_corpus: lumbars | sublumbar | prelumbar | nonlumbar | midlumbar | iliolumbar

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin lumbus 'loin, lower back'


morpheme_key: lumber

morpheme: lumber

morpheme_head: lumber

affix_form: -lumber-

meaning_definition: wood | timber | logs

example_words_list_1: lumberjack, lumbering, lumberyard

example_words_corpus: lumbers | lumberer | lumbered | lumbering | lumberman | lumbermen

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Middle English 'lumber', related to 'lumb' (heavy/clumsy)


morpheme_key: lumbo

morpheme: lumbo

morpheme_head: lumbo

affix_form: lumbo-

allomorphs: lumb

meaning_definition: lower back | lumbar

example_words_list_1: lumbar vertebrae

example_words_list_2: lumbar vertebrae

example_words_corpus: lumbosacral | lumbopelvic | lumbocrural | lumbocaudal | thoracolumbosacral

etymology: From Latin lumbus 'loin, lower back'


morpheme_key: lumen

morpheme: lumen

morpheme_head: lumen

affix_form: -lumen-

meaning_definition: measure of light intensity | unit quantifying luminous flux

example_words_list_1: dislimn, enlumine, illuminable, illuminance, illuminant, illuminate, illuminati, illumination, illumine, intraluminal, limn, lumen, luminaire, luminal, luminance, luminant, luminaria, luminary, lumine, luminescence, luminescent, luminiferous, luminosity, luminous, relumine, subluminal, subluminous, superluminal, transluminal

example_words_corpus: lumens | lumenal | lumened | kilolumen | decalumen | endolumen

categorical_group_list: Light, Vision, Physics

etymology: Latin lumen 'light', from the root *leuk- 'to shine'


morpheme_key: lumin

morpheme: lumin

morpheme_head: lumin

affix_form: lumin-

allomorphs: lumino

sense_label: light

meaning_definition: illumination | radiance | brightness

example_words_list_1: dislimn | enlumine | illuminable | illuminance | illuminant | illuminate | illuminati | illumination | illumine | intraluminal | limn | lumen | luminaire | luminal | luminance | luminant | luminaria | luminary | lumine | luminescence | luminescent | luminiferous | luminosity | luminous | relumine | subluminal | subluminous | superluminal | transluminal | bioluminescence | electroluminescent | noctilucent | thermoluminescence Variant Spellings: lumen

example_words_corpus: luminations | translumination

etymology: lumen, luminis, luminare


morpheme_key: lump

morpheme: lump

morpheme_head: lump

affix_form: -lump-

meaning_definition: a compact mass | a piece | a cluster

example_words_list_1: lumpy, lumpish, lumpiness

example_words_corpus: lumps | lumpy | lumper | lumpen | lumped | lumpish

categorical_group_list: Mass, Substance, Shape

etymology: Middle English lump, perhaps of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse lumpr 'lump, clod')


morpheme_key: lun

morpheme: lun

morpheme_head: lun

affix_form: lun-

allomorphs: luna | luni

meaning_definition: celestial satellite | the lunar body

example_words_list_1: circumlunar | cislunar | demilune | luna | lunar | lunate | lunatic | lunation | lune | lunette | luniform | lunisolar | mezzaluna | mezzelune | plenilunary | semilunar | sublunar | sublunary | superlunary | translunar | apolune | lunacy | lunular | translunar Variant Spellings: loony | loony

categorical_group_list: Astronomical | Anomalous form

etymology: Latin luna 'moon'


morpheme_key: lunar

morpheme: lunar

morpheme_head: lunar

affix_form: -lunar

meaning_definition: moon

example_words_list_1: circumlunar | cislunar | demilune | luna | lunar | lunate | lunatic | lunation | lune | lunette | luniform | lunisolar | mezzaluna | mezzelune | plenilunary | semilunar | sublunar | sublunary | superlunary | translunar

example_words_corpus: lunars | solunar | cislunar | sublunar | nonlunar | lunarite

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Nature

etymology: lūna


morpheme_key: lunch

morpheme: lunch

morpheme_head: lunch

affix_form: -lunch-

meaning_definition: midday meal

example_words_list_1: lunch, luncheon

categorical_group_list: Food, Time

etymology: Middle English lunch, from a shortening of luncheon


morpheme_key: luncheon

morpheme: luncheon

morpheme_head: luncheon

affix_form: -luncheon-

example_words_list_1: luncheon, luncheonette, luncheonette

example_words_corpus: luncheons | preluncheon | luncheonette

categorical_group_list: Food, Time of day

etymology: contraction of 'for the luncheon' (lunch)


morpheme_key: lunge

morpheme: lunge

morpheme_head: lung

affix_form: -lunge-

allomorphs: lunge

meaning_definition: to move forward suddenly and quickly | to thrust or dash

example_words_list_1: lunge

example_words_corpus: lunged | lunges | lunger | lungers | lungeing

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: From Old French 'longer' (to stretch, extend) or 'lunge' (a thrust), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*lungaz' (long).


morpheme_key: lupin

morpheme: lupin

morpheme_head: lupin

affix_form: -lupin-

meaning_definition: wolf

example_words_list_1: lupine, lupinaceous

example_words_corpus: lupins | lupinine | lupinines

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Latin lupus 'wolf'


morpheme_key: lupus

morpheme: lupus

morpheme_head: lupus

affix_form: -lupus-

allomorphs: lup

meaning_definition: a large wild canine | symbol of ferocity in mythology

example_words_list_1: lupine

example_words_list_2: lupine

example_words_corpus: neurolupus

ancestor_etymon: lup


morpheme_key: lure

morpheme: lure

morpheme_head: lure

affix_form: -lure-

meaning_definition: attract | entice | tempt

example_words_list_1: lure, allure, alluring

example_words_corpus: lures | lured | illure | lureth | lurest | illured

categorical_group_list: Attraction, Motion, Sensation

etymology: Middle English 'luren', related to 'allure'


morpheme_key: lurid

morpheme: lurid

morpheme_head: lurid

affix_form: -lurid-

meaning_definition: vivid | glaring | sensational | shocking

example_words_list_1: luridly, luridness

example_words_corpus: luridly | luridness

categorical_group_list: Color, Perception, Intensity

etymology: Latin luridus 'sallow, pale, ghastly', from lurere 'to be pale'


morpheme_key: lurk

morpheme: lurk

morpheme_head: lurk

affix_form: -lurk-

meaning_definition: to remain hidden | to wait in ambush | to exist in a state of concealment

example_words_list_1: lurking, lurker

example_words_corpus: lurks | lurky | lurker | lurked | delurk | lurking

categorical_group_list: Motion, Stealth, Presence

etymology: Middle English lurken, from Old English locian 'to look' (related to Old Norse loka 'to close')


morpheme_key: lus

morpheme: lus

morpheme_head: lus

affix_form: lus-

sense_label: play

meaning_definition: engage in play | jest | tease | mock

example_words_list_1: allude | collude | delude | elude | elusive | elusory | illude | illusion | ludicrous | lusory | prelude | allusion | collusion | prolusion

related_morphemes: lud / lud

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin lūdere 'to play'


morpheme_key: luscious

morpheme: luscious

morpheme_head: luscious

affix_form: -luscious-

meaning_definition: rich | sweet | delicious | luxurious

example_words_list_1: lusciousness

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Quality, Abundance

etymology: Latin 'luscus' (blind in one eye) -> 'lusciosus' (seductive, alluring, hence 'delicious' via the idea of being eye-catching or pleasing to the senses)


morpheme_key: lush

morpheme: lush

morpheme_head: lush

affix_form: -lush-

meaning_definition: growing profusely | abundant | luxuriant

example_words_list_1: lush, lushness

example_words_corpus: lushy | lushly | lushes | lushness | overlush | lushnesses

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Nature, Growth

etymology: Middle English lush, likely related to lushness/luxuriance


morpheme_key: lust

morpheme: lust

morpheme_head: lust

affix_form: -lust-

meaning_definition: strong desire | intense longing | carnal appetite

example_words_list_1: lust, lustful, lustrous

example_words_corpus: lusty | lusts | luster | lusted | unlust | lustic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Desire

etymology: Latin lustra 'purification rites' (plural of lustrum), later 'period of five years', then 'lust, lechery' via association with purification rituals.


morpheme_key: luster

morpheme: luster

morpheme_head: luster

affix_form: -luster-

meaning_definition: brightness | shine | sheen

example_words_list_1: luster, lustrous, lustrousness

example_words_corpus: lusters | deluster | lusterware | lusterwares

categorical_group_list: Light, Appearance

etymology: Latin luster 'brightness, splendor', from lustrare 'to purify, brighten'


morpheme_key: lustr

morpheme: lustr

morpheme_head: lustr

affix_form: lustr-

meaning_definition: illuminate | clarify | luminous

example_words_list_1: lustrous | illustrate | illustrious | luster | lustrum

categorical_group_list: Light, Luminosity

etymology: Latin lustrare 'to purify by sacrifice, to make bright', from lustrum 'purification sacrifice' (related to lux 'light')


morpheme_key: lut

morpheme: lut

morpheme_head: lut

affix_form: lut-

sense_label: mud

meaning_definition: wet earth | fine-grained soil

example_words_list_1: abluent | ablution | alluvium | colluvium | deluge | depollute | diluent | dilute | dilution | dilutive | diluvial | diluvian | diluvium | elute | elution | eluvial | elluviation | eluvium | illuviation | illuvium | lutaceous | lutite | pollution | elutriate | lute (clay) | pollute | lavatory

related_morphemes: lav / lav, lot1 / lot, luv / luv

etymology: Latin lutum 'mud, clay'


morpheme_head: lute

allomorphs: lut

sense_label: yellow, golden

meaning_definition: yellow, golden

example_words_list_1: corpus luteum, luteal, lutein, luteinizing hormone, luteous

categorical_group_list: Color, Biology

etymology: lūtum, lūteus


morpheme_key: lutamide

morpheme: lutamide

morpheme_head: lutamide

affix_form: -lutamide

meaning_definition: drug | agent

example_words_list_1: enzalutamide

example_words_corpus: enzalutamide

categorical_group_list: Pharmaceuticals, Agent, Result

etymology: From Latin -amentum, a suffix used to form nouns denoting the result of an action or the instrument of it.


morpheme_key: lutanist

morpheme: lutanist

morpheme_head: lutanist

affix_form: -lutanist-

meaning_definition: one who plays the lute

example_words_list_1: lutanist

categorical_group_list: Profession, Music

etymology: from luth (lute) + -ist (suffix denoting agent)


morpheme_key: luteo

morpheme: luteo

morpheme_head: luteo

affix_form: luteo-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: yellow | golden | rich orange-yellow | corpus luteum

example_words_list_1: corpus luteum | luteal | lutein | luteinizing hormone | luteous | luteolysis | luteoma

example_words_corpus: luteolysis | luteocobalt | luteotropic | luteoxanthin | luteocobaltic | luteoprotective

ancestor_etymon: lūteus  OED

etymology: From Latin luteus 'yellow, golden'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | OED | Stein


morpheme_key: lux

morpheme: lux

morpheme_head: lux

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: opulence | lavishness | overabundance

example_words_list_1: deluxe, luxe, luxuriant, luxuriate, luxury unrelated: lux, luxate

example_words_corpus: luxes | isolux | kilolux | millilux | microlux

categorical_group_list: Light, Brilliance, Opulence

etymology: Latin lux (genitive lucis) 'light'


morpheme_key: luxemburg

morpheme: luxemburg

morpheme_head: luxemburg

affix_form: -luxemburg-

meaning_definition: Luxembourg

example_words_list_1: Luxembourgish, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Country

etymology: From Old Frankish *Lutzingas, meaning 'people of Lutzo', referring to the historical region and country.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Frankish


morpheme_key: luxury

morpheme: luxury

morpheme_head: luxury

affix_form: -luxury-

meaning_definition: abundance | comfort | extravagance

example_words_list_1: luxurious, luxury, luxuriate

example_words_corpus: unluxury | nonluxury | semiluxury | antiluxury | ultraluxury | superluxury

categorical_group_list: Abundance, State of being

etymology: Latin luxuria 'excess, extravagance', from luxus 'loosening, laxity'


morpheme_key: lv

morpheme: lv

morpheme_head: lv

affix_form: -lv-

meaning_definition: to wash | to flow | to wash away

example_words_list_1: abluent, ablution, alluvium, colluvium, deluge, depollute, diluent, dilute, dilution, dilutive, diluvial, diluvian, diluvium, elute, elution, eluvial, elluviation, eluvium, illuviation, illuvium, lutaceous, lutite, pollution

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Action

etymology: luere (see also diluere, fluere and pluere)


morpheme_key: ly

morpheme: ly

morpheme_head: ly

affix_form: -ly

sense_label: in a manner

morpheme_subtype: forms:adverb | adjective | adjective

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adverb | adjective | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: characterized by a way of | possessing the attribute of

example_words_list_1: quickly, happily, sadly, loudly, softly

example_words_corpus: lys | ugly | only | duly | idly | inly

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: -líce  OED | -līc  OED | ly

etymology: represents Old English -líce | -ly suffix1 OED | represents the Old English -lῑc

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED | Latin | ...


affix_form: ly-

sense_label: loosening

meaning_definition: relaxing | freeing | untangling | breaking apart

example_words_list_1: analysis, paralysis, lysis

example_words_list_2: analyse | analysis | analytic | aparalytic | autolysis | catalyse | catalysis | catalyst | catalytic | cytolysis | dialysis | electrolysis | electrolyte | electrolytic | hydrolysis | hydrolyte | hydrolytic | lysigeny | lysine | lysis | lysosome | lytic | meta-analysis | palsy | paralyse | paralysis | paralytic | plasmolysis | proteolysis | haemolytic | hemolytic | proteolytic | acolyte | polyelectrolyte | proselyte | lyonnaise | lyophilised | lyophilize | Hippolyte

categorical_group_list: Action, Release, Destruction

etymology: λύειν (lúein) | λυτός (lutós) | λυτικός (lutikós) | λύσις (lúsis) | λύσις(lúsis)


affix_form: -ly-

sense_label: to bind

meaning_definition: to fasten | to secure

example_words_list_1: ally | rally | rely Variant Spellings: alloy | alloy

related_morphemes: lia / lia, lig2 / lig

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek lykos : wolf


morpheme_key: lycan

morpheme: lycan

morpheme_head: lycan

affix_form: lycan-

meaning_definition: wolf

example_words_list_1: lycanthrope, lycanthropy

example_words_list_2: lycanthrope, lycanthropy

categorical_group_list: Animal, Nature

etymology: lykos


morpheme_key: lyceum

morpheme: lyceum

morpheme_head: lyceum

affix_form: -lyceum-

meaning_definition: place of learning | academy | hall of study

example_words_list_1: lyceum, lyceums

example_words_corpus: lyceums

categorical_group_list: Education, Place

etymology: Greek lykeion (place of Apollo)


morpheme_key: lych

morpheme: lych

morpheme_head: lych

affix_form: -lych-

meaning_definition: body | corpse

example_words_list_1: lichgate, lichfield, lich

categorical_group_list: Death, Anatomy

etymology: Old English 'lic' 'body, corpse'


morpheme_key: lychee

morpheme: lychee

morpheme_head: lychee

affix_form: -lychee-

meaning_definition: small sweet tropical fruit

example_words_list_1: lychee

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: from Cantonese lî-cī

ancestor_etymon_language: Cantonese


morpheme_key: lyco

morpheme: lyco

morpheme_head: lyco

affix_form: lyco

allomorphs: lyc

meaning_definition: wolf.

example_words_list_1: lycanthropy, lycanthrope

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: λύκος (lýkos)

etymology: Greek λύκος (lykos) 'wolf'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /lɪkoʊ/


morpheme_key: lymph

morpheme: lymph

morpheme_head: lymph

affix_form: -lymph-

allomorphs: lympho

sense_label: clear fluid

meaning_definition: clear fluid | lymphatic fluid

example_words_list_1: lymph, lymphatic, lymph node, lymphadenopathy

example_words_corpus: lymphy | lymphoid | endolymph | lymphlike | perilymph | lymphitis

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy

etymology: Latin lymph 'clear water, spring water'


morpheme_key: lymphoma

morpheme: lymphoma

morpheme_head: lymphoma

affix_form: -lymphoma-

meaning_definition: lymph | lymphatic tissue

example_words_list_1: lymphocyte, lymphatic, lymph node

example_words_corpus: antilymphoma | adenolymphoma | lymphomatosis | adenolymphomas | pseudolymphoma | lymphomagenesis

categorical_group_list: Biology, Medicine

etymology: Greek lympha (clear water, though used in medical contexts for lymph)


morpheme_key: lynch

morpheme: lynch

morpheme_head: lynch

affix_form: lynch

meaning_definition: To execute someone without legal trial, typically by hanging | To carry out a mob-based execution | To perform an unlawful killing by a group

example_words_list_1: Lynchy | lyncher | lynchet | lynched | lynching | lynchets

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: lynx

morpheme: lynx

morpheme_head: lynx

affix_form: -lynx-

meaning_definition: lynx (the feline)

example_words_list_1: lynx

example_words_corpus: blynx | lynxes | lynxlike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Felidae

etymology: Greek lynx (lynx)


morpheme_key: lyo

morpheme: lyo

morpheme_head: lyo

affix_form: lyo-

meaning_definition: loosen | release | dissolve | untie

example_words_list_1: analysis, paralysis, catalysis, glycolysis

example_words_list_2: analyse, analysis, analytic, aparalytic, autolysis, catalyse, catalysis, catalyst, catalytic, cytolysis, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, electrolytic, hydrolysis, hydrolyte, hydrolytic, lysigeny, lysine, lysis, lysosome, lytic, meta-analysis, palsy, paralyse, paralysis, paralytic, plasmolysis, proteolysis, analytic, catalytic, electrolytic, haemolytic, hemolytic, hydrolytic, paralytic, proteolytic, acolyte, electrolyte, hydrolyte, polyelectrolyte, proselyte, lyonnaise, lyophilised, lyophilize

example_words_corpus: lyonium | lyoniums | lyotropy | lyophobe | lyophile | lyotropic

categorical_group_list: Action, Release, Dissolution

etymology: λύειν (lúein), λυτός (lutós), λυτικός (lutikós), λύσις (lúsis)


morpheme_key: lyon

morpheme: lyon

morpheme_head: lyon

affix_form: -lyon-

meaning_definition: lion

example_words_list_1: lyonesse, lyonhearted, lyon-like

example_words_corpus: lyonization

categorical_group_list: Animals, Mammals, Heraldry

etymology: Latin leo, leonis 'lion'


morpheme_key: lyre

morpheme: lyre

morpheme_head: lyre

affix_form: -lyre-

allomorphs: lyr

meaning_definition: stringed instrument | musical instrument

example_words_list_1: lyre

example_words_corpus: lyres | lyrelike | lyretail | lyrebirds | lyretails

categorical_group_list: Music, Instrument

etymology: Greek lyra


morpheme_key: lyric

morpheme: lyric

morpheme_head: lyric

affix_form: -lyric-

meaning_definition: song | poetry | verse

example_words_list_1: lyrical, lyricism, lyricist

example_words_corpus: lyrics | lyricist | lyricism | nonlyric | lyricize | lyricists

categorical_group_list: Art, Music, Expression

etymology: Greek lyrikos 'of or for song' from lyre


morpheme_key: lys

morpheme: lys

morpheme_head: lys

affix_form: -lys

meaning_definition: procedure | activity | outcome

example_words_list_1: analysis, synthesis, paradox, crisis

example_words_list_2: analyze, catalytic, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, hydrolyze, lyophilize, lyophobic, lysergic acid diethylamide, lysimeter, lysine, lysis, Lysol™, lysosome, lysozyme, paralysis, pyrolyze, urinalysis Variant Spellings: Apollyon

related_morphemes: lax / lax, lay1 / lay, leas / leas

categorical_group_list: Dissolution, Separation, Destruction

etymology: Indo-European *me- : first person singular pronoun --> Latin meus : mine


morpheme_key: lysis

morpheme: lysis

morpheme_head: lysis

affix_form: -lysis

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun | not suffix

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | not suffix

meaning_definition: unfastening | liberation | disintegration | fragmentation

example_words_list_1: analysis, glycolysis, paralysis, hemolysis

example_words_list_2: analyse | analysis | analytic | aparalytic | autolysis | catalyse | catalysis | catalyst | catalytic | cytolysis | dialysis | electrolysis | electrolyte | electrolytic | hydrolysis | hydrolyte | hydrolytic | lysigeny | lysine | lysis | lysosome | lytic | meta-analysis | palsy | paralyse | paralysis | paralytic | plasmolysis | proteolysis | haemolytic | hemolytic | proteolytic | acolyte | polyelectrolyte | proselyte | lyonnaise | lyophilised | lyophilize | biolysis

example_words_corpus: biolysis | isolysis | dialysis | myolysis | exolysis | pyrolysis

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: λύσις  OED | liz

etymology: Greek λῠ́σῐς (lúsis) | loosen | release | λύειν (lúein) | λυτός (lutós) | λυτικός (lutikós) | λύσις (lúsis) | < Greek λύσις a loosening | parting OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: lyso

morpheme: lyso

morpheme_head: lyso

affix_form: lyso-

allomorphs: -lyse

meaning_definition: dissolution

example_words_list_1: lysosome

example_words_list_2: lysosome

example_words_corpus: lysogen | lysogeny | lysozyme | lysosome | lysogens | lysogenic

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Decomposition, Biology

etymology: From Greek lysis 'a loosening, dissolution', from lyein 'to loosen, dissolve'


morpheme_key: lyte

morpheme: lyte

morpheme_head: lyte

affix_form: -lyte

meaning_definition: loosening | release | dissolution | unbinding

example_words_list_1: analysis, paralysis, catalysis, dialysis

example_words_corpus: analyte | anolyte | analytes | anolytes | tachylyte | zincolyte

categorical_group_list: Noun maker

ancestor_etymon: liz


morpheme_key: lytic

morpheme: lytic

morpheme_head: lytic

affix_form: -lytic

meaning_definition: pertaining to | relating to | characterized by

example_words_list_1: hydrolytic, electrolytic, glycolytic

example_words_corpus: biolytic | exolytic | autolytic | homolytic | mesolytic | mucolytic

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder


morpheme_key: lyze

morpheme: lyze

morpheme_head: lyze

affix_form: -lyze

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb present tense

meaning_definition: to loosen | to release | to free | to analyze

example_words_list_1: lyzed | lyzes | autolyze | autolyzed | autolyzes

etymology: Greek -lyein "to loosen"


morpheme_key: m

morpheme: m

morpheme_head: m

affix_form: m-

sense_label: result of

meaning_definition: outcome | consequence | product

example_words_list_1: dogma | theorem | theme

example_words_list_2: dogma, theorem, theme

example_words_corpus: Ms | ms | mth | mas | Mpc | mths

categorical_group_list: Resultative, Nominalization

ancestor_etymon: em

etymology: Greek -ma (denoting result of an action)


morpheme_key: ma

morpheme: ma

morpheme_head: ma

affix_form: -ma

meaning_definition: outcome from

example_words_corpus: stepma | stepmas

etymology: Greek -ma (suffix denoting result of an action)

source: http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: ma'am

morpheme: ma'am

morpheme_head: ma'am

affix_form: -ma'am-

meaning_definition: madam | lady | respectful address

categorical_group_list: Honorific, Social status

etymology: contraction of French madame (ma dame, 'my lady')

register: honorific


morpheme_key: mab

morpheme: mab

morpheme_head: mab

affix_form: -mab

meaning_definition: monoclonal antibody

example_words_list_1: mabs | atinumab | carlumab | cetuximab | votumumab | efungumab

etymology: Truncation of 'monoclonal' combined with 'antibody', coined in the 1980s for pharmaceutical nomenclature.


morpheme_key: macabre

morpheme: macabre

morpheme_head: macabre

affix_form: -macabre-

meaning_definition: ghastly | gruesome | disturbing

example_words_list_1: macabre

example_words_corpus: macabrely | macabreness

categorical_group_list: Death, Horror

etymology: Old French macabre, from Medieval Latin macabreus, possibly from Hebrew ma'akov 'agony' or Arabic maqābir 'cemeteries'


morpheme_key: macaroni

morpheme: macaroni

morpheme_head: macaroni

affix_form: -macaroni-

meaning_definition: pasta | noodle

example_words_list_1: macaroni, macaroni salad, macaroni and cheese

categorical_group_list: Food, Nutrition

etymology: Italian 'maccheroni'


morpheme_key: macaroon

morpheme: macaroon

morpheme_head: macaroon

affix_form: -macaroon-

meaning_definition: small sweet biscuit

example_words_list_1: ['macaroon']

example_words_corpus: macaroons | macaroonlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Sweet

etymology: Italian macarone/maccherone

etymological_family: Italian


morpheme_key: macedonia

morpheme: macedonia

morpheme_head: macedonia

affix_form: -macedonia-

meaning_definition: region in Southeast Europe | Macedonia

example_words_list_1: Macedonian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Geography

etymology: From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonia)


morpheme_key: macer

morpheme: macer

morpheme_head: macer

affix_form: macer-

meaning_definition: reduce in size or become thin | render pliable or supple | soften to a delicate state

example_words_list_1: emaciate | macerate | meager

example_words_list_2: emaciate | macerate | meager

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Transformation

ancestor_etymon: macer

etymology: macer


morpheme_key: macerate

morpheme: macerate

morpheme_head: macerate

affix_form: -macerate-

meaning_definition: soften | break down | soak

example_words_list_1: maceration, macerated

example_words_corpus: macerater | macerates | maceraters | unmacerated

categorical_group_list: Physical process, Transformation

etymology: Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare 'to soften, soak, waste away', from macer 'soft, thin, weak'


morpheme_key: mach

morpheme: mach

morpheme_head: mach

affix_form: -mach-

meaning_definition: machine | mechanism | engine

example_words_list_1: machine, mechanic, machinery, machination

example_words_corpus: Machism | Machist | Machmeter

categorical_group_list: Technology, Mechanics, Core concept

etymology: Greek 'machina' meaning 'machine, engine, contrivance'


morpheme_key: machete

morpheme: machete

morpheme_head: machete

affix_form: -machete-

meaning_definition: a large heavy knife or short sword with a broad blade

example_words_list_1: machete

example_words_corpus: macheted | machetes | machetelike

categorical_group_list: Weapon, Tool

etymology: Spanish machete

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish