morpheme_key: viru

morpheme: viru

morpheme_head: viru

affix_form: viru-

meaning_definition: toxic substance | harmful secretion | poisonous compound

example_words_list_2: retroviral | retrovirus | rotavirus | togavirus | viral | virality | viricidal | viricide | virucidal | virucide | virulence | virulent | virus

categorical_group_list: Biology, Pathology, Toxicity

ancestor_etymon: viru


morpheme_key: virul

morpheme: virul

morpheme_head: virul

affix_form: -virul-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: poison | venom | toxic

example_words_list_1: virulent, virulence, virulency

categorical_group_list: Toxicity, Disease, Malice

etymology: From Latin 'virulentus', derived from 'virus' meaning poison or slime.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: vis

morpheme: vis

morpheme_head: vis

affix_form: vis-

allomorphs: visa | vise

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: perceive visually | observe | visual perception | representation | portrayal

example_words_list_1: visible, vision, visual, visualize, invisible, visualise

example_words_corpus: viss

related_morphemes: vid / vid, view / view, voy2 / voy

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: vid | vis

etymology: Latin visus, past participle of videre 'to see'

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

attestation: both


morpheme_key: visaged

morpheme: visaged

morpheme_head: visaged

affix_form: -visaged

affix_type: suffix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: having the appearance or face of

example_words_list_1: visaged, ill-visaged, well-visaged

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Physicality

etymology: From Latin 'visus' (past participle of 'videre' meaning 'to see') + '-aged' (suffix forming adjectives denoting appearance). The form 'visaged' is an archaic or poetic variant of 'visaged' derived from the Latin root for sight/face.

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: viscer

morpheme: viscer

morpheme_head: viscer

affix_form: viscer-

allomorphs: viscer(o)

sense_label: viscera

meaning_definition: internal organs | body's internal organs | entrails

example_words_list_1: eviscerate | visceral | viscera | visceromotor

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin viscus 'internal organ, entrail'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: viscid

morpheme: viscid

morpheme_head: viscid

affix_form: -viscid-

meaning_definition: sticky | glutinous | adhesive

example_words_list_1: viscid, viscosity, viscidly

example_words_corpus: inviscid | viscidly | viscidity | subviscid | nonviscid | viscidness

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Latin viscidus "sticky, glutinous", from viscus "intestine, inner part" (referring to the sticky nature of entrails)

register: scientific


morpheme_key: visco

morpheme: visco

morpheme_head: visco

affix_form: visco-

allomorphs: visc

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: dense | resistant to flow | the quality of being viscous

example_words_list_1: viscosity | viscoelastic | viscose | viscometer | viscometry

example_words_corpus: viscometer | viscometry | viscometers | viscometric | viscoplastic | viscosurgical

ancestor_etymon: viscōsus  OED

etymology: From Latin 'viscosus' meaning 'sticky' or 'viscous', derived from 'viscum' (mistletoe, known for its sticky berries).

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: viscount

morpheme: viscount

morpheme_head: viscount

affix_form: -viscount-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: nobleman | rank of nobility

example_words_list_1: viscountess, viscounty

categorical_group_list: Social Rank, Nobility

etymology: Old French visconte, from Latin vice- 'in place of' + comes 'count'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: visigoth

morpheme: visigoth

morpheme_head: visigoth

affix_form: -visigoth-

meaning_definition: Visigoth | Western Gothic

example_words_list_1: Visigothic, Visigoths

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Historical group

etymology: From Latin Visigothi, from Gothic *Wisigothi, composed of *wisi- (chosen) + *gōthaz (Goths)

ancestor_etymon_language: Gothic

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral


morpheme_key: visit

morpheme: visit

morpheme_head: visit

affix_form: -visit-

meaning_definition: to go to | to call on | to inspect

example_words_list_1: visit, visitor, visitation

example_words_corpus: visits | visitor | visited | visitee | visitors | visiting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Interaction

etymology: Latin 'visitum', past participle of 'visere' meaning 'to go to, inspect'


morpheme_key: visor

morpheme: visor

morpheme_head: visor

affix_form: -visor-

meaning_definition: to see | to look at

example_words_list_1: vision, visible, visual, visualize, visional

example_words_corpus: visors | visored | visorless | unvisored

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: From Latin 'visus', past participle of 'videre' meaning 'to see'.


morpheme_key: vista

morpheme: vista

morpheme_head: vista

affix_form: -vista-

meaning_definition: view | sight | appearance

example_words_list_1: vista, visual, visibility, visualize

example_words_corpus: vistas | vistal | vistaed | vistaless

etymology: Latin 'videre' (to see) with the suffix '-ista' or derived from 'visus' (seen), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid- (to see).


morpheme_key: visuo

morpheme: visuo

morpheme_head: visuo

affix_form: visuo-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: vision | sight | visual

example_words_list_1: visuomotor | visuohaptic | visuoverbal | visuospatial | visuosensory | visuographic

categorical_group_list: Perception, Sensation

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: vit

morpheme: vit

morpheme_head: vit

affix_form: vit-

allomorphs: vita

meaning_definition: existence | being alive

example_words_list_1: vital | vitality | vitamin | curriculum vitae | La Dolce Vita | revitalize | vitamin Variant Spellings: victual | victual

related_morphemes: vi2 / vi, viv / viv

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'vita' meaning 'life'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: vital

morpheme: vital

morpheme_head: vital

affix_form: -vital-

meaning_definition: life | living | essential

example_words_list_1: vitality, vitalize, vitalism

example_words_corpus: vitals | vitally | unvital | vitalic | vitality | vitalism

categorical_group_list: Life, Essence, Importance

etymology: Latin 'vitalis' meaning 'of or pertaining to life', derived from 'vita' (life)


morpheme_key: vitamin

morpheme: vitamin

morpheme_head: vitamin

affix_form: -vitamin-

meaning_definition: nutrient essential for normal growth and metabolism | organic compound required in small quantities

example_words_list_1: vitamin, multivitamins, vitaminized

example_words_corpus: vitamins | vitaminic | vitaminize | provitamin | nonvitamin | vitaminise

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nutrition

etymology: abbreviation of 'vital amine'


morpheme_key: vitell

morpheme: vitell

morpheme_head: vitell

affix_form: vitell-

sense_label: yolk

meaning_definition: nutrient-rich core | central portion of an egg

example_words_list_1: vitellogenesis | vitellin | vitelline | vitellus

related_morphemes: vel3 / vel

etymology: Latin vitellus "egg yolk, little egg"


morpheme_key: viti

morpheme: viti

morpheme_head: viti

affix_form: -viti-

sense_label: wine

meaning_definition: fermented grape beverage

example_words_list_1: vinous, vintage, viticulture

example_words_list_2: vinous, vintage, viticulture

categorical_group_list: Consumable

ancestor_etymon: vin

etymology: Latin vitis "vine"


morpheme_key: vitia

morpheme: vitia

morpheme_head: vitia

affix_form: -vitia-

meaning_definition: error | defect | wrongdoing

example_words_list_1: vitiate

example_words_list_2: vitiate

categorical_group_list: Negation, Imperfection, Error

ancestor_etymon: vitia

etymology: Latin vitium 'fault, flaw, defect'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: vitiate

morpheme: vitiate

morpheme_head: vitiate

affix_form: -vitiate-

meaning_definition: spoil | impair | corrupt | debase

example_words_list_1: vitiate, vitiation, vitiated, vitiating

example_words_corpus: vitiated | vitiates | unvitiated

categorical_group_list: Corruption, Damage, Impairment

etymology: Latin vitium 'fault, defect, vice'


morpheme_key: viticulture

morpheme: viticulture

morpheme_head: viticulture

affix_form: -viticulture-

meaning_definition: viticulture | grape growing | wine production

categorical_group_list: Agriculture, Botany

etymology: from Latin vitis 'vine' + cultura 'cultivation'


morpheme_key: vitr

morpheme: vitr

morpheme_head: vitr

affix_form: vitr-

allomorphs: vitro

sense_label: glass

meaning_definition: transparent, hard material | glass-like in texture

example_words_list_1: vitreous | vitriol | vitrectomy | vitrification | vitrescent | vitrify | vitriolic | in vitro

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Latin vitrum 'glass'


morpheme_key: vitreo

morpheme: vitreo

morpheme_head: vitreo

affix_form: vitreo-

allomorphs: vitreous

meaning_definition: glassy | glass-like | transparent

example_words_list_1: vitreolysis | vitreopathy | vitreofoveal | vitreoretinal | vitreomacular | vitreopapillary

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture, Visual property

etymology: Latin vitreus 'glassy' (from vitrum 'glass') + -o (combining form vowel)


morpheme_key: vitrify

morpheme: vitrify

morpheme_head: vitrify

affix_form: -vitrify-

meaning_definition: to convert into glass | to turn into glass

example_words_list_1: vitrification, vitrifiable

example_words_corpus: devitrify | vitrifying | devitrifying

categorical_group_list: Transformation, Material

etymology: Latin vitrum 'glass' + -ify (from Latin -ificare, from facere 'to make')


morpheme_key: vitriol

morpheme: vitriol

morpheme_head: vitriol

affix_form: -vitriol-

meaning_definition: bitterness | caustic | corrosive

example_words_list_1: vitriolic

example_words_corpus: vitriols | vitriolic | vitrioled | vitrioling | vitriolate | vitriolous

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Substance, Corrosive

etymology: Latin vitriolum 'glass, vitriol', diminutive of vitrum 'glass'


morpheme_key: vituperate

morpheme: vituperate

morpheme_head: vituperate

affix_form: -vituperate-

meaning_definition: to blame harshly | to revile | to censure

example_words_list_1: vituperation, vituperative, vituperator

categorical_group_list: Criticism, Verbal action

etymology: from Latin vituperatus, past participle of vituperare 'to blame, find fault with', composed of vitium 'fault, defect' + parere 'to produce, bring forth'


morpheme_key: viva

morpheme: viva

morpheme_head: viv

affix_form: viva-

allomorphs: viva | vive | vivi | vivo

meaning_definition: life, live

example_words_list_1: vivid, revive, survive, vivacious, vivisection

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Life

etymology: vivere ~to live~, related to vita ~life~


morpheme_key: vivace

morpheme: vivace

morpheme_head: vivace

affix_form: -vivace-

meaning_definition: lively | brisk | spirited

example_words_list_1: vivacious, vivacity, revive, vivify

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Speed, Motion

etymology: Latin vivax 'lively, vigorous', from vivere 'to live'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: vivian

morpheme: vivian

morpheme_head: vivian

affix_form: -vivian-

meaning_definition: alive | living | lively

categorical_group_list: Life, Vitality

etymology: Latin vivus 'alive, living', from verb vivō 'I live'


morpheme_key: viz

morpheme: viz

morpheme_head: viz

affix_form: -viz-

meaning_definition: to see | to look | to behold

example_words_list_1: visual, vision, visibility, visualize

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Latin vidēre 'to see'


morpheme_key: vizier

morpheme: vizier

morpheme_head: vizier

affix_form: -vizier-

meaning_definition: high official | advisor | minister

example_words_list_1: vizier, vizierate

example_words_corpus: viziers | viziership | vizierships

categorical_group_list: Title, Person, Governance

etymology: Arabic wazīr 'vizier, minister', from wazara 'to bear a burden'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: voc

morpheme: voc

morpheme_head: voc

affix_form: voc-

allomorphs: voca | voce

sense_label: call

meaning_definition: call | vocal sound | to address | to summon

example_words_list_1: advocacy | advocate | advocation | advocator | advocatory | advoke | advowson | avocation | avouch | avow | avowal | avowry | convocate | convocation | convocator | convoke | disavow | disavowal | equivocal | equivocate | equivocation | evocable | evocation | evocative | evocator | evoke | invocable | invocate | invocation | invocative | invocator | invoke | prevocational | provocate | provocateur | provocation | provocative | provocator | provoke | reavow | reinvoke | revocable | revocation | revoke | vocabulary | vocal | vocation | vocational | vocative | vociferous | voice | vouch | vouchee | voucher | vouchsafe | agent provocateur | irrevocable | sotto voce | vocable | vociferous Variant Spellings: voice | vowel | vocal (of voice) | invoke (use your voice) | invocation (using your voice for prayer) | vocation (one's calling) | vocabulary (words)

related_morphemes: vok / vok, vouch / vouch, vox / vox

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin vocare 'to call', from PIE *wekw- 'to speak'

source: Cognatarium | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Wikidata


morpheme_key: vocal

morpheme: vocal

morpheme_head: vocal

affix_form: -vocal-

meaning_definition: sound produced by the vocal cords | spoken expression

example_words_list_1: voice, vocal, vocalise

example_words_list_2: voice, vocal, vocalise

example_words_corpus: vocals | vocally | bivocal | unvocal | vocalist | vocalize

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: vox

etymology: Latin vox, voc- 'voice'


morpheme_key: vocat

morpheme: vocat

morpheme_head: vocat

affix_form: -vocat-

meaning_definition: to summon | to express

example_words_list_1: vocation, convocation, vocative, advocate

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin vocare 'to call', from PIE *wekw- 'to call out'


morpheme_key: vocation

morpheme: vocation

morpheme_head: vocation

affix_form: -vocation-

meaning_definition: calling | profession | occupation

example_words_list_1: vocation, vocational, vocationally, invocate, evocation, vocationally

example_words_corpus: vocations | vocational | vocationally | nonvocational | prevocational | vocationalism

categorical_group_list: Action, Profession, Identity

etymology: Latin vocatio (noun of action from vocare 'to call'), from past participle stem vocatus


morpheme_key: vocifer

morpheme: vocifer

morpheme_head: vocifer

affix_form: -vocifer-

meaning_definition: to shout loudly | to call out

example_words_list_1: vociferous, vociferate

example_words_list_2: vociferous, vociferate

categorical_group_list: Concatenation

etymology: Latin vociferari 'to shout, cry out', from vox 'voice' + ferre 'to carry'


morpheme_key: vodka

morpheme: vodka

morpheme_head: vodka

affix_form: -vodka-

meaning_definition: distilled alcoholic beverage

example_words_list_1: vodka

example_words_corpus: vodkaless | vodkalike | vodkaholic | vodkaholics

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Substance

etymology: From Old East Slavic *voda* 'water', derived from Proto-Slavic *voda* 'water', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ 'water'. The term originally referred to 'water' or 'water drink' before specializing in the distilled spirit.

ancestor_etymon_language: Slavic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: vogue

morpheme: vogue

morpheme_head: vogue

affix_form: -vogue-

meaning_definition: fashion | style | popularity

example_words_list_1: vogue, invogue

example_words_corpus: vogues | voguer | vogued | voguey | voguers | Voguette

categorical_group_list: Fashion, Trend, Motion

etymology: Middle French 'vogue' (motion, course, or fashion)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: voice

morpheme: voice

morpheme_head: voice

affix_form: -voice-

meaning_definition: vocal cord vibration during sound production | grammatical aspect indicating subject's role in an action

example_words_corpus: voices | voiced | voicer | devoice | revoice | bevoice

etymology: Latin vox, voc- 'voice, sound'


morpheme_key: void

morpheme: void

morpheme_head: void

affix_form: -void-

meaning_definition: state of emptiness | to become empty

example_words_list_1: avoid | devoid | void | vacant

example_words_list_2: avoid | devoid | void | vacant

example_words_corpus: voids | voider | voided | voiden | voidly | voidage

related_morphemes: vac / vac, van1 / van, vast / vast

ancestor_etymon: vac

etymology: Latin 'voidus' meaning 'empty, vacant'


morpheme_key: vok

morpheme: vok

morpheme_head: vok

affix_form: -vok-

meaning_definition: call | sound | to call | to summon

example_words_list_1: advocacy | advocate | advocation | advocator | advocatory | advoke | advowson | avocation | avouch | avow | avowal | avowry | convocate | convocation | convocator | convoke | disavow | disavowal | equivocal | equivocate | equivocation | evocable | evocation | evocative | evocator | evoke | invocable | invocate | invocation | invocative | invocator | invoke | prevocational | provocate | provocateur | provocation | provocative | provocator | provoke | reavow | reinvoke | revocable | revocation | revoke | vocabulary | vocal | vocation | vocational | vocative | vociferous | voice | vouch | vouchee | voucher | vouchsafe

related_morphemes: voc / voc, vouch / vouch, vox / vox

etymology: Latin vocare 'to call', past participle stem voc-


morpheme_key: vol

morpheme: vol

morpheme_head: vol

affix_form: vol-

allomorphs: vola

sense_label: fly

meaning_definition: glide | move through air

example_words_list_1: avolation | circumvolant | circumvolation | nonvolatile | volatile | volatility | volitant | volitation | volant | Volare | vole (card games) | volley | volleyball

example_words_list_2: volant, Volare, volatile, vole (card games), volitation, volley, volleyball

example_words_corpus: vols

categorical_group_list: Motion, Flight

etymology: Latin volare 'to fly'


affix_form: -vol-

sense_label: will

meaning_definition: intention | the act of deciding | desire | readiness | firm resolve

example_words_list_1: benevolence | benevolent | involuntary | malevolence | malevolent | omnibenevolence | velleity | volitient | volition | volitional | volitive | voluntary | Voluntaryism | volunteer | voluptuary | voluptuous | Deo Volente

ancestor_etymon: vol

etymology: Latin vol- (stem of velle 'to wish, to will')


morpheme_key: volatile

morpheme: volatile

morpheme_head: volatile

affix_form: -volatile-

meaning_definition: liable to change | unstable | explosive

example_words_list_1: volatility, volatilize, involatile

example_words_corpus: volatiles

categorical_group_list: Instability, Motion

etymology: From Latin 'volatilis' meaning 'flying, fleeting', derived from 'volare' (to fly).


morpheme_key: volcan

morpheme: volcan

morpheme_head: volcan

affix_form: volcan-

sense_label: volcano

meaning_definition: a mountainous landform with a vent for magma | pertaining to volcanoes or their activity

example_words_list_1: volcano | vulcanize | Vulcan | volcanic | volcanology | vulcanian | vulcanism | vulcanology

categorical_group_list: Nature, Fire, Geology

etymology: Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist who worked with electricity


morpheme_key: volkswagen

morpheme: volkswagen

morpheme_head: volkswagen

affix_form: -volkswagen-

meaning_definition: people's | folk

example_words_list_1: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Passat

categorical_group_list: Collective, Entity

etymology: German 'Volk' (people) + 'Wagen' (car/vehicle)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: volley

morpheme: volley

morpheme_head: volley

affix_form: -volley-

meaning_definition: a series of blows | a return of a ball | a burst of gunfire

example_words_list_1: volley, volleying, volleys

example_words_corpus: volleyers | volleyings | volleyballs | volleyballer | volleyballers | volleyballene

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Intensity

etymology: Old French 'volée' from 'voler' 'to fly'


morpheme_key: volt

morpheme: volt

morpheme_head: volt

affix_form: -volt-

meaning_definition: unit for measuring electric potential | named in honor of Alessandro Volta

example_words_list_1: photovoltaic, volt, voltage, voltaic, voltmeter

example_words_corpus: abvolt | voltage | abvolts | megavolt | voltages | picovolt

categorical_group_list: Electricity, Measurement, Science

etymology: Proper noun derived from Alessandro Volta


morpheme_key: volta

morpheme: volta

morpheme_head: volta

affix_form: -volta-

meaning_definition: turn | rotate | bend

example_words_list_1: revolve, evolution, involute, devolution

example_words_corpus: Voltan | voltas | voltaic | Voltaic | voltaism | betavoltaic

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rotation

etymology: Latin volvere 'to roll, turn over'


morpheme_key: volu

morpheme: volu

morpheme_head: volu

affix_form: volu-

meaning_definition: will

example_words_list_1: benevolence | benevolent | involuntary | malevolence | malevolent | omnibenevolence | velleity | volitient | volition | volitional | volitive | voluntary | Voluntaryism | volunteer | voluptuary | voluptuous

categorical_group_list: Will, Desire, Intent

etymology: voluntas ~will~ from velle ~to wish~


morpheme_key: voluble

morpheme: voluble

morpheme_head: voluble

affix_form: -voluble-

meaning_definition: flowing | rolling | moving | speaking easily

example_words_list_1: revolve, evolution, involute, convoluted

example_words_corpus: volubleness

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speech

etymology: From Latin 'volubilis' (rolling, turning), derived from the verb 'volvere' meaning 'to roll' or 'to turn'.


morpheme_key: volume

morpheme: volume

morpheme_head: volume

affix_form: -volume-

meaning_definition: size | amount | extent | space occupied

example_words_list_1: volume, voluminous, volumetric

example_words_corpus: volumes | volumed | volumer | envolume | volumers | volumeter

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Dimension, Physicality

etymology: From Latin 'volumen' meaning 'roll, scroll, or mass', derived from the verb 'volvere' (to roll).


morpheme_key: volumen

morpheme: volumen

morpheme_head: volumen

affix_form: -volumen-

meaning_definition: a rolled-up sheet | a flat sheet of parchment

example_words_list_1: volume, voluminous

example_words_list_2: volume, voluminous

categorical_group_list: Physical object, Shape

ancestor_etymon: volum

etymology: Latin volumen 'a scroll, that which is rolled', from volvere 'to roll'


morpheme_key: volunt

morpheme: volunt

morpheme_head: volunt

affix_form: -volunt-

meaning_definition: to wish | to want | to will

example_words_list_1: voluntary, volunteer, volition, volitional

categorical_group_list: Agency, Intention

etymology: from Latin voluntas 'will, wish', from velle 'to wish, want'


morpheme_key: voluptuous

morpheme: voluptuous

morpheme_head: voluptuous

affix_form: -voluptuous-

meaning_definition: pleasure | sensual enjoyment | voluptuousness

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Physicality

etymology: From Latin 'voluptuosus', derived from 'voluptas' (pleasure, delight)


morpheme_key: volute

morpheme: volute

morpheme_head: volut

affix_form: -volute-

meaning_definition: rolled | spiraled | curled

example_words_list_1: volute, involute, evolute

example_words_corpus: volutes | voluted

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion

etymology: Latin voluta 'a coil, roll', from volvere 'to roll'


morpheme_key: volv

morpheme: volv

morpheme_head: volv

affix_form: volv-

allomorphs: volve

meaning_definition: rotate | pivot | revolve | swivel

example_words_list_1: revolve, evolve, involute, convoluted

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: volv


morpheme_key: vom

morpheme: vom

morpheme_head: vom

affix_form: vom-

meaning_definition: discharge

example_words_list_1: vomit, vomica, evominate

example_words_corpus: voms

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical process

etymology: vomere


morpheme_key: vomit

morpheme: vomit

morpheme_head: vomit

affix_form: vomit

meaning_definition: To expel stomach contents through the mouth | To puke | To regurgitate

example_words_list_1: vomits | vomity | vomited | vomiter | bevomit | vomiting

etymology: Derived from Latin 'vomitus', meaning 'to throw up'

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: von

morpheme: von

morpheme_head: von

affix_form: -von-

meaning_definition: from | of | by

example_words_list_1: von, von der, vom

categorical_group_list: Preposition, Relation

etymology: Old English 'of' (from, away from), from Proto-Germanic '*ab' (away, off), from Proto-Indo-European '*apo' (off, away)

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: voodoo

morpheme: voodoo

morpheme_head: voodoo

affix_form: -voodoo-

meaning_definition: magic | sorcery | ritual

example_words_list_1: voodoo

example_words_corpus: voodoos | voodooed | voodooism | voodooing | voodooish | voodooist

categorical_group_list: Magic, Religion, Supernatural

etymology: from Fon/Ewe 'vodun' (spirit/deity)

ancestor_etymon_language: West African


morpheme_key: vorac

morpheme: vorac

morpheme_head: vorac

affix_form: -vorac-

sense_label: devouring

meaning_definition: devouring | greedy | insatiable

example_words_list_1: voracious, voracity, voraciousness

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Appetite

etymology: Latin vorax (genitive voracis) 'gluttonous, greedy', from vorare 'to devour, gulp down'


morpheme_key: vore

morpheme: vore

morpheme_head: vor

affix_form: -vore-

allomorphs: vore

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: to consume | to consume hungrily

example_words_list_1: carnivore | carnivorous | devoration | devoré | devour | herbivore | herbivorous | locavore | omnivore | detritivore | granivore | omnivorous | voracious | voracity | voraginous | insectivorous | mellivorous | nucivorous | panivorous | piscivorous

example_words_corpus: vores | vored | avivore | infovore | locavore | avivores

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Biology

ancestor_etymon: vor

etymology: vorare, vorax


morpheme_key: vorous

morpheme: vorous

morpheme_head: vorous

affix_form: -vorous

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: eating | consuming | devouring

example_words_list_2: carnivore | carnivorous | devoration | devoré | devour | herbivore | herbivorous | locavore | omnivore | detritivore | granivore | omnivorous | voracious | voracity | voraginous | insectivorous | mellivorous | nucivorous | panivorous | piscivorous

example_words_corpus: ovivorous | univorous | avivorous | omnivorous | xylivorous | fumivorous

categorical_group_list: Diet, Consumption, Biology


morpheme_key: vortex

morpheme: vortex

morpheme_head: vortex

affix_form: -vortex-

meaning_definition: whirlpool | spinning motion | swirling mass

example_words_list_1: vortex, vortical, vorticose

example_words_corpus: vortexes | vortexed | vortexer | vortexon | vortexing | nonvortex

categorical_group_list: Motion, Nature, Destruction

etymology: From Latin 'vortex' meaning 'whirlpool' or 'whirlwind', derived from 'vertere' (to turn).


morpheme_key: vortices

morpheme: vortices

morpheme_head: vortices

affix_form: -vortices-

meaning_definition: whirl | swirl | spinning motion

example_words_list_1: vortex, vortexing, vortexed

etymology: Latin vortex (gen. vorticis) 'whirlpool, whirlwind', from vertere 'to turn'


morpheme_key: vot

morpheme: vot

morpheme_head: vot

affix_form: vot-

meaning_definition: solemn promise | desire | serious declaration | pledge | commitment | choice

example_words_list_1: devote | devotee | devotion | devotional | devout | devove | devow | votary | vote | votive | vow | votive Variant Spellings: devout

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: vot

etymology: Latin votum 'vow, promise' (neuter past participle of voveo 'to vow')


morpheme_key: votive

morpheme: votive

morpheme_head: votive

affix_form: -votive-

meaning_definition: offering | related to a vow | religious

example_words_list_1: votive, votive offering

example_words_corpus: votives | votively | votiveness

categorical_group_list: Religion, Offering

etymology: Latin votivus, from votum 'vow, promise'


morpheme_key: vov

morpheme: vov

morpheme_head: vov

affix_form: vov-

meaning_definition: vow | wish

example_words_list_1: devote | devotee | devotion | devotional | devout | devove | devow | votary | vote | votive | vow

categorical_group_list: Religion, Intention

etymology: vovere | votus


morpheme_key: vow

morpheme: vow

morpheme_head: vow

affix_form: -vow-

meaning_definition: promise | oath | pledge

example_words_list_1: vow, avow, avowal

example_words_corpus: vows | vowed | vower | vowing | vowers | voweth

categorical_group_list: Commitment, Speech act

etymology: Old English 'giw' or 'giw' (oath/vow)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: vox

morpheme: vox

morpheme_head: vox

affix_form: -vox-

meaning_definition: vocal sound | spoken expression

example_words_list_1: Audiovox™ | Magnavox™ | vox populi | vocal | vocalise | voice

example_words_corpus: voxes

related_morphemes: voc / voc, vok / vok, vouch / vouch

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

etymology: Latin vox, voc- 'voice, sound, utterance'


morpheme_key: voyage

morpheme: voyage

morpheme_head: voyage

affix_form: -voyage-

meaning_definition: journey | travel | expedition

example_words_list_1: voyage, voyager, voyaging

example_words_corpus: voyager | voyages | voyaged | voyagers | voyageth | voyagest

categorical_group_list: Movement, Journey

etymology: Old French 'voiage', from 'via' (way/road)


morpheme_key: voyeur

morpheme: voyeur

morpheme_head: voyeur

affix_form: -voyeur-

meaning_definition: one who watches | observer

example_words_list_1: voyeurism, voyeuristic, voyeuristically

example_words_corpus: voyeurs | voyeurism | voyeurist | voyeurisms | voyeurists | voyeuristic

categorical_group_list: Agent, Perception

etymology: French 'voyeur' from 'voir' 'to see'


morpheme_key: vue

morpheme: vue

morpheme_head: vue

affix_form: -vue-

meaning_definition: see | sight | vision

example_words_list_1: review, preview, revue

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Latin 'vidēre' (to see)


morpheme_key: vulcan

morpheme: vulcan

morpheme_head: vulcan

affix_form: vulcan-

sense_label: fire

meaning_definition: fire | forge | smith

example_words_list_1: volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan

example_words_list_2: volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan

example_words_corpus: Vulcanic | vulcanoid | Vulcanism | Vulcanian | vulcanoids

categorical_group_list: Fire, Mythology, Nature

etymology: Latin Vulcanus (Roman god of fire)

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: vulg

morpheme: vulg

morpheme_head: vulg

affix_form: vulg-

sense_label: crowd

meaning_definition: assembly | widespread | typical | general

example_words_list_1: divulge | vulgarity | vulgate | vulgar

example_words_list_2: divulge | vulgarity | vulgate | vulgar

categorical_group_list: Collective, Commonality

etymology: Latin vulgus 'the common people, the multitude'


morpheme_key: vulga

morpheme: vulga

morpheme_head: vulga

affix_form: vulga-

meaning_definition: crowd, common

example_words_list_1: divulge, vulgarity, vulgate

example_words_list_2: divulge, vulgarity, vulgate

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Social status

etymology: vulgus


morpheme_key: vulgar

morpheme: vulgar

morpheme_head: vulgar

affix_form: -vulgar-

meaning_definition: the general populace | the unruly masses

example_words_list_1: vulgar, vulgarize, vulgarian

example_words_list_2: vulgar, vulgarize, vulgarian

example_words_corpus: vulgars | vulgarly | unvulgar | invulgar | vulgarism | vulgarity

categorical_group_list: People, Social Class

ancestor_etymon: vulgar

etymology: Latin vulgus 'the common people, crowd'

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: vulgate

morpheme: vulgate

morpheme_head: vulgate

affix_form: -vulgate-

meaning_definition: common | vulgar | widespread

example_words_list_1: vulgate, vulgar, vulgarity, convulse, divulge

categorical_group_list: Commonality, Accessibility

etymology: From Latin vulgatus, past participle of vulgare 'to make common', from vulgus 'the common people'


morpheme_key: vulner

morpheme: vulner

morpheme_head: vulner

affix_form: vulner-

meaning_definition: damage | harm | injure

example_words_list_1: vulnerable | vulnerary

example_words_list_2: vulnerable | vulnerary

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: vulner

etymology: Latin vulner- 'wound', past participle stem of vulnus 'wound'


morpheme_key: vulnerable

morpheme: vulnerable

morpheme_head: vulnerable

affix_form: -vulnerable-

meaning_definition: susceptible | exposed | at risk

example_words_list_1: vulnerability, invulnerable

categorical_group_list: Weakness, Exposure

etymology: From Latin vulnerabilis, from vulnus 'wound'


morpheme_key: vulp

morpheme: vulp

morpheme_head: vulp

affix_form: vulp-

sense_label: fox

meaning_definition: fox

example_words_list_1: vulpineX

example_words_list_2: vulpineX

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: vulpēs, vulpis


morpheme_key: vulpine

morpheme: vulpine

morpheme_head: vulpine

affix_form: -vulpine-

meaning_definition: fox | fox-like

example_words_list_1: vulpine

example_words_corpus: vulpines | vulpinely

categorical_group_list: Animals, Adjectives

etymology: Latin vulpinus 'of a fox', from vulpes 'fox'


morpheme_key: vuls

morpheme: vuls

morpheme_head: vuls

affix_form: vuls-

meaning_definition: draw | extract | rip | remove | drag

example_words_list_1: convulsion | revulsion | vulture | convulse | avulse | evulsion

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical force

etymology: Latin 'vulsus', past participle of 'vellere' meaning 'to pluck, tear'


morpheme_key: vulture

morpheme: vulture

morpheme_head: vulture

affix_form: -vulture-

meaning_definition: vulture

example_words_list_1: vulture, vulturine, vulturiform

example_words_corpus: vultures | vultured | vulturelike | vultureling | vulturelings

etymology: Latin vultur, vulturi- 'vulture'


morpheme_key: vulv

morpheme: vulv

morpheme_head: vulv

affix_form: -vulv-

meaning_definition: vulva | womb | female genitalia

example_words_list_1: vulva, vulvular, vulvitis

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Latin vulva 'womb, female genitalia'

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: waddle

morpheme: waddle

morpheme_head: waddle

affix_form: -waddle-

meaning_definition: to walk with short unsteady steps | to move with a swaying motion

example_words_list_1: waddle, waddler, waddling

categorical_group_list: Motion, Locomotion

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'waddelen' or 'wadel', likely of imitative origin referring to the side-to-side motion of walking.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: wade

morpheme: wade

morpheme_head: wade

affix_form: -wade-

meaning_definition: to walk through water | to move with difficulty

example_words_list_1: wade, wader, wading

example_words_corpus: wader | waded | wades | waders | wadest | wadeth

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: Old English wadian 'to go, to proceed'


morpheme_key: waft

morpheme: waft

morpheme_head: waft

affix_form: -waft-

meaning_definition: to float or drift lightly through the air

example_words_list_1: waft, wafting, wafted

example_words_corpus: wafts | wafty | wafted | wafter | upwaft | wafting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Air, Sensation

etymology: Middle Dutch waften 'to float, drift', of imitative origin


morpheme_key: wag

morpheme: wag

morpheme_head: wag

affix_form: -wag-

meaning_definition: move rapidly side to side | swing | flutter

example_words_list_1: wag, wagging, wagged

example_words_corpus: wags | awag | waggy | bewag | waggle | wigwag

etymology: imitative of the sound or motion of swinging

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: wage

morpheme: wage

morpheme_head: wage

affix_form: -wage-

meaning_definition: payment | recompense | remuneration

example_words_list_1: wage, wages, wage-earner

example_words_corpus: wager | wages | waged | wagers | wagerer | unwaged

categorical_group_list: Economy, Labor, Value

etymology: Old English wāg 'payment for services'


morpheme_key: waggle

morpheme: waggle

morpheme_head: waggle

affix_form: -waggle-

meaning_definition: to move with small, rapid, side-to-side motions

example_words_list_1: ['waggle']

etymology: From Old English 'wæglan' meaning 'to move to and fro', related to 'wigle' (magic/divination) and 'wægl' (track/path).


morpheme_key: wagon

morpheme: wagon

morpheme_head: wagon

affix_form: -wagon-

meaning_definition: vehicle | carriage | transport

example_words_list_1: wagon, wagoner, wagonload

example_words_corpus: wagoners | wagonways | wagonfuls | wagonages | asswagons | wagonloads

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: Middle English wagen, from Old English wægn


morpheme_key: waif

morpheme: waif

morpheme_head: waif

affix_form: -waif-

meaning_definition: wife | woman | female spouse

example_words_list_1: waif, waifish, waiflike

example_words_corpus: waifs | waify | WAIFs | waifish | waiflike | waifishly

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Gender, Family

etymology: From Old English 'wif' meaning 'woman, female', originally a general term for woman, later specialized to 'wife'.


morpheme_key: wail

morpheme: wail

morpheme_head: wail

affix_form: -wail-

meaning_definition: to cry out | to lament | to lamentation

example_words_list_1: wail, wailing, wails

example_words_corpus: wails | wailer | bewail | wailed | wailing | wailers

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sound, Vocalization

etymology: Old English wālan 'to lament, wail'


morpheme_key: wain

morpheme: wain

morpheme_head: wain

affix_form: -wain-

meaning_definition: a type of cart | a vehicle for hauling goods

example_words_list_1: wain, wainwright

example_words_list_2: wain, wainwright

example_words_corpus: wains | wainage | wainable | wainages | wainrope | bridewain

etymology: Proto-Germanic *wagną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵn̥ (cf. Latin vehiculum, Greek ὄχος)


morpheme_key: wainscot

morpheme: wainscot

morpheme_head: wainscot

affix_form: -wainscot-

meaning_definition: wooden | paneling | wall covering

example_words_list_1: wainscoting

example_words_corpus: wainscots | wainscotted | wainscotting | wainscottings

categorical_group_list: Material, Architecture

etymology: Middle English wainscot (paneling), from wain (wagon) + scot (shield/covering)


morpheme_key: waist

morpheme: waist

morpheme_head: waist

affix_form: -waist-

meaning_definition: middle part of the body | area between ribs and hips

example_words_list_1: waistband, waistline, waistcloth

example_words_corpus: waists | waisted | waister | waisting | waisters | waistcoat

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English wæst


morpheme_key: wait

morpheme: wait

morpheme_head: wait

affix_form: -wait-

meaning_definition: to stay | to remain | to delay

example_words_list_1: wait, waiting, waiter, awaited

example_words_corpus: waits | waiter | waited | waitee | waiting | waiters

categorical_group_list: Temporality, Action

etymology: Old French *waitier "to watch, attend"


morpheme_key: waive

morpheme: waive

morpheme_head: waive

affix_form: -waive-

meaning_definition: to relinquish | to forgo | to refrain from enforcing

example_words_list_1: waive, waiver, waivable

example_words_corpus: waived | waiveth | waivest | nonwaived

categorical_group_list: Relinquishment, Action

etymology: Old French waivier 'to abandon, relinquish'


morpheme_key: wake

morpheme: wake

morpheme_head: wake

affix_form: -wake-

meaning_definition: to stop sleeping | to become alert | to stir

example_words_list_1: wake, awaken, awake, wakefulness

example_words_corpus: awake | waked | waken | wakes | wakey | waker

categorical_group_list: State of consciousness, Vitality

etymology: From Old English 'wacan' meaning 'to become awake, stir, move, grow', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: wald

morpheme: wald

morpheme_head: wald

affix_form: -wald-

meaning_definition: authority | govern

example_words_list_1: Oswald Variant Spellings: Walter | Walter

example_words_corpus: walds

related_morphemes: ald / ald

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old English weard : keeper, guard --> weardian : to protect, to guard


morpheme_key: wales

morpheme: wales

morpheme_head: wales

affix_form: -wales-

meaning_definition: Wales | Welsh

example_words_list_1: Welsh, Welshman, Welshwoman, Welshness

categorical_group_list: Geography, Demonym, Proper Noun

etymology: From Welsh 'Cymru' (companion-land) or Latin 'Wallia', referring to the country and its people.

ancestor_etymon_language: Welsh


morpheme_key: walk

morpheme: walk

morpheme_head: walk

affix_form: -walk-

meaning_definition: to move on foot | to proceed

example_words_list_1: walkway, walker, walking

example_words_corpus: walks | walker | walked | walkup | rewalk | bywalk

etymology: Old English 'wealcan' (to roll, move)


morpheme_key: wall

morpheme: wall

morpheme_head: wall

affix_form: -wall-

meaning_definition: barrier | vertical structure | enclosure

example_words_list_1: wall, wallow, wallow, wallflower, wallaby

example_words_corpus: walls | walled | waller | inwall | enwall | unwall

categorical_group_list: Structure, Barrier, Defense

etymology: Old English weall, from Latin vallum 'rampart, palisade'


morpheme_key: wallah

morpheme: wallah

morpheme_head: wallah

affix_form: wallah

meaning_definition: a guy or bloke | a seller of something | a person associated with something

example_words_list_1: wallahs | boxwallah | chaiwallah | tentwallah | boxwallahs | autowallah

etymology: from Sanskrit 'vālā' (belonging to), used in English as a suffix denoting a seller or person associated with something

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: wallet

morpheme: wallet

morpheme_head: wallet

affix_form: -wallet-

meaning_definition: pouch | container | receptacle

example_words_list_1: wallet

example_words_corpus: wallets | walleteer | walletful | walletless | walletlike | walleteers

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: Middle English 'walet', likely from Old French 'walet'

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: wallop

morpheme: wallop

morpheme_head: wallop

affix_form: -wallop-

meaning_definition: to strike heavily | to defeat decisively | to hit with force

example_words_list_1: ['wallop']

example_words_corpus: wallops | walloper | walloped | walloping | wallopers | kerwallop

categorical_group_list: Action, Impact

etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English 'walopen' (to roll, tumble) or dialectal 'wallop' (to strike), first attested in the 16th century as a verb meaning 'to strike' or 'to defeat'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: wallow

morpheme: wallow

morpheme_head: wallow

affix_form: -wallow-

meaning_definition: to indulge in | to roll about | to linger

example_words_list_1: wallow

example_words_corpus: wallows | wallowed | wallower | bewallow | wallowing | wallowish

categorical_group_list: Action, Emotion, Physical movement

etymology: From Old English 'wullian' meaning 'to roll, writhe, or wallow', related to the Proto-Germanic *wullōną.


morpheme_key: walrus

morpheme: walrus

morpheme_head: walrus

affix_form: -walrus-

meaning_definition: large marine mammal | Odobenus rosmarus

example_words_list_1: ['walrus']

example_words_corpus: Walrussia | walruslike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Marine life

etymology: From Old Norse 'valrús', from 'valr' (corpse, slain animal) + 'rús' (pig, swine), referring to the walrus's habit of lying on land like a pig.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: walt

morpheme: walt

morpheme_head: walt

affix_form: -walt-

meaning_definition: to dance | to move rhythmically

example_words_list_1: waltz, waltzing, waltzed

example_words_corpus: rewalt

categorical_group_list: Movement, Dance, Action

etymology: From Old French 'walter' or 'galtier', meaning 'to lead' or 'to dance', ultimately from Germanic roots related to 'walk' or 'lead'.


morpheme_key: waltz

morpheme: waltz

morpheme_head: waltz

affix_form: -waltz-

meaning_definition: dance in triple time

example_words_corpus: waltzy | waltzer | waltzes | waltzed | waltzers | waltzing

categorical_group_list: Movement, Music, Dance

etymology: French valse, from Italian valzer, from valzare 'to dance', from Latin volutare 'to roll'


morpheme_key: wampum

morpheme: wampum

morpheme_head: wampum

affix_form: -wampum-

meaning_definition: beads|shell beads|currency

example_words_list_1: wampum

example_words_corpus: wampums | Wampumgate

categorical_group_list: Material, Currency, Artifact

etymology: From Narragansett wampum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p·p·e·kwa·wa· (beads), from *wa·p· (to make beads) + *-kwa· (noun suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian


morpheme_key: wan

morpheme: wan

morpheme_head: wan

affix_form: wan-

sense_label: lacking

meaning_definition: lacking | deficient | wanting

example_words_list_1: wanly | wanton | wanned | wanhope | wanness | wantons

categorical_group_list: Quality, Appearance

etymology: Old English 'wan' (lacking, deficient)

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: wand

morpheme: wand

morpheme_head: wand

affix_form: -wand-

meaning_definition: a stick used for magic | a thin rod

example_words_list_1: wand

example_words_corpus: wands | wandy | ellwand | wandlike | yardwand | ellwands

categorical_group_list: Object, Magic, Tool

etymology: Middle English wand, from Old English wand (a stick, rod)


morpheme_key: wander

morpheme: wander

morpheme_head: wander

affix_form: -wander-

meaning_definition: to move aimlessly | to roam | to stray

example_words_list_1: wanderer, wandering, wanderlust

categorical_group_list: Motion, Movement

etymology: Middle English 'wanderen', related to 'wend' (to direct one's way)


morpheme_key: wane

morpheme: wane

morpheme_head: wane

affix_form: -wane-

meaning_definition: decrease | diminish | decline

example_words_list_1: wane, waning, waned

example_words_corpus: waned | wanes | waneth | wanest

categorical_group_list: Diminution, Motion

etymology: Old English wānan "to decrease, diminish"


morpheme_key: wanna

morpheme: wanna

morpheme_head: wanna

affix_form: -wanna-

meaning_definition: want to

example_words_list_1: wanna

categorical_group_list: Desire, Verb

etymology: contraction of 'want to'


morpheme_key: want

morpheme: want

morpheme_head: want

affix_form: -want-

meaning_definition: to desire | to wish for | to lack

example_words_list_1: want, wanted, wanting

example_words_corpus: wants | wanty | wanted | wanter | wantum | wanting

categorical_group_list: Desire, Emotion, Lack

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wantan- 'to lack, be without', from PIE *wont- 'to be accustomed, be willing'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: war

morpheme: war

morpheme_head: ware

affix_form: -war-

sense_label: to be aware, to be watchful

meaning_definition: to be alert | to remain vigilant

example_words_list_1: aware, beware, ware [to beware of], wary

example_words_corpus: wars | iWar | warly | waragi | warred | nonwar

related_morphemes: ware / ware

categorical_group_list: Perception, Cognition

etymology: Old English wær : to be watchful, to be aware


morpheme_head: war

affix_form: war-

sense_label: war

meaning_definition: war | conflict | battle

example_words_list_1: war-ridden | war-torn | war-worn | warlike | warty

example_words_list_2: war-ridden, war-torn, war-worn, warlike, warty

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Violence

etymology: Old English 'wer' (man) + 'guma' (man) or related to 'wer' (man/warrior)


morpheme_key: ward

morpheme: ward

morpheme_head: ward

affix_form: -ward-

allomorphs: -ward1 | -ward2

sense_label: moving in the direction denoted by the first eleme

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | adverb | preposition

meaning_definition: movement toward the direction indicated by the initial component | heading in the direction of | toward the thing indicated by the first element | toward the direction of the preceding element

example_words_list_1: homeward, homewards, homewardly, homewardness

example_words_corpus: wards | Edward | toward | upward | onward | warden

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: -weard(s)  OED | ward

etymology: Old English -weard | primarily forming adjs. | with the sense 'having a specified direction' OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: wards

morpheme: wards

morpheme_head: wards

affix_form: -wards

morpheme_subtype: forms:adverb | preposition

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun,adjective

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adverb | preposition

meaning_definition: in the direction of | To the direction of {prev}

example_words_list_1: homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward

example_words_corpus: upwards | inwards | onwards | seawards | skywards | sunwards

ancestor_etymon: ward

etymology: Old English -weard 'direction, facing'


morpheme_key: warlock

morpheme: warlock

morpheme_head: warlock

affix_form: -warlock-

meaning_definition: sorcerer | magic-user | practitioner of dark magic

example_words_list_1: warlock

example_words_corpus: warlocks | warlockry

categorical_group_list: Magic, Person, Occupation

etymology: Old English 'wǣrloga' (oath-breaker)


morpheme_key: warm

morpheme: warm

morpheme_head: warm

affix_form: warm

meaning_definition: having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible spectrum | characterized by a warm hue | associated with colors that are not cool

example_words_list_1: warms | warmy | warmth | warmer | warmly | warmed


morpheme_key: warmth

morpheme: warmth

morpheme_head: warmth

affix_form: -warmth-

meaning_definition: the state or quality of being warm

example_words_list_1: warm, warming, warmhearted, warmness

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Sensation

etymology: From Old English 'wermth', derived from the adjective 'wearm' (warm) + the abstract noun suffix '-th' (equivalent to modern '-th' or '-hood').


morpheme_key: warn

morpheme: warn

morpheme_head: warn

affix_form: -warn-

meaning_definition: to notify of danger | to caution

example_words_list_1: warn, warning, warns, warned

example_words_corpus: awarn | warns | warned | warner | awarns | warning

categorical_group_list: Communication, Alert

etymology: Old English warnian "to caution, to advise"


morpheme_key: warner

morpheme: warner

morpheme_head: warner

affix_form: -warner-

meaning_definition: one who warns | one who cautions

example_words_list_1: warner, warners

example_words_corpus: Warnerian

categorical_group_list: Agent, Warning, Person

etymology: From Old English 'warnian' (to warn, caution) + agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: warp

morpheme: warp

morpheme_head: warp

affix_form: -warp-

meaning_definition: to twist | to bend | to distort

example_words_list_1: warp, warpage, warped

example_words_corpus: warps | warper | warped | upwarp | unwarp | warple

categorical_group_list: Motion, Distortion, Transformation

etymology: Old English 'wearpian' (to bend, twist)


morpheme_key: warrant

morpheme: warrant

morpheme_head: warrant

affix_form: -warrant-

meaning_definition: to justify | to guarantee | to authorize

example_words_list_1: warrant, warranty, unwarranted

example_words_corpus: warrants | warranted | warrantee | warrantor | warranter | warranting

categorical_group_list: Justification, Authority, Guarantee

etymology: Old French warant 'protection, defense'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: warren

morpheme: warren

morpheme_head: warren

affix_form: -warren-

meaning_definition: burrow | rabbit hole | network of tunnels

example_words_list_1: warren

example_words_corpus: warrens | warrener | warrened | warreners | warrenlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Animal Habitat

etymology: From Old English 'waru' meaning 'burrow, hole, den', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: warsaw

morpheme: warsaw

morpheme_head: warsaw

affix_form: -warsaw-

meaning_definition: Warsaw (capital of Poland)

example_words_list_1: Warsaw Pact, Warsaw Convention

example_words_corpus: warsaws

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, City

etymology: From Polish 'Warszawa', derived from the name Warsaw (Wars), a legendary fisherman.

ancestor_etymon_language: Polish


morpheme_key: wart

morpheme: wart

morpheme_head: wart

affix_form: -wart-

meaning_definition: a small growth on the skin | a protrusion

example_words_list_1: wart

example_words_corpus: warts | warty | warted | warthog | wartily | wartpox

categorical_group_list: Biology, Physical abnormality

etymology: Old English 'weart'


morpheme_key: was

morpheme: was

morpheme_head: was

affix_form: -was-

meaning_definition: past tense of be | state of existence

example_words_list_1: was

example_words_corpus: wast | wasts | iswas | tiswas | wasbian | wasband

categorical_group_list: Existence, Temporality

etymology: Old English wæs, past tense of bēon 'to be', from Proto-Germanic *waz (cf. Old Saxon wās, Old High German wās, Gothic was), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- 'to be'


morpheme_key: wash

morpheme: wash

morpheme_head: wash

affix_form: -wash-

meaning_definition: to clean with liquid | to rinse | to cleanse

example_words_list_1: awash | washy | washer | washes | inwash | rewash

categorical_group_list: Action, Cleaning, Liquid

etymology: Old English wæscian 'to wash'


morpheme_key: washington

morpheme: washington

morpheme_head: washington

affix_form: -washington-

meaning_definition: Washington (US state) | Washington (city)

example_words_corpus: Washingtonian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geopolitical Entity, Person Name

etymology: Proper noun derived from George Washington, first President of the United States


morpheme_key: wasp

morpheme: wasp

morpheme_head: wasp

affix_form: -wasp-

meaning_definition: wasp | stinging insect

example_words_list_1: wasp

example_words_corpus: wasps | waspy | WASPy | waspie | waspish | waspdom

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals, Insects

etymology: Old English wæps


morpheme_key: wassail

morpheme: wassail

morpheme_head: wassail

affix_form: -wassail-

meaning_definition: to drink heartily | to celebrate with good cheer

example_words_list_1: wassail

example_words_corpus: wassails | wassailed | wassailer | wassailry | wassailing | wassailers

categorical_group_list: Celebration, Socializing

etymology: Middle English wassail, from Old French vaisseau (vessel)


morpheme_key: waste

morpheme: waste

morpheme_head: waste

affix_form: waste-

allomorphs: wast

sense_label: to use up

meaning_definition: to use up | to squander | to discard | to ruin

example_words_list_1: body_waste | high-level_radioactive_waste | human_waste | laying_waste | low-level_radioactive_waste | radioactive_waste | toxic_waste | wastage | waste | waste_of_effort | waste_of_material | waste_of_money | waste_of_time | waste_paper | wasted | wasteful

example_words_corpus: waster | wasted | wastes | wasten | wastey | wasters

categorical_group_list: Deprivation, Destruction, Excess

etymology: Old French 'gaster' 'to devastate, consume'


morpheme_key: wat

morpheme: wat

morpheme_head: wat

affix_form: -wat-

meaning_definition: water

example_words_list_1: water, watery, underwater, watershed, waterway

example_words_corpus: wats | Watsonish | Watsonian

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Basic concept

etymology: Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥


morpheme_key: watch

morpheme: watch

morpheme_head: watch

affix_form: -watch-

meaning_definition: to observe | to guard | to look at

example_words_list_1: watchman, watchtower, watchword

example_words_corpus: watcht | awatch | watcher | watched | watches | unwatch

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vigilance

etymology: Old English weaxcan 'to remain awake, to be vigilant'


morpheme_key: water

morpheme: water

morpheme_head: water

affix_form: -water-

sense_label: liquid

meaning_definition: liquid | aqueous | hydric

example_words_list_1: waterfall, waterproof, waterlogged

example_words_corpus: watery | waters | watered | dewater | waterer | rewater

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Substance

etymology: From Old English 'wæter', from Proto-Germanic '*watōr', from Proto-Indo-European '*wódr̥'


morpheme_key: watt

morpheme: watt

morpheme_head: watt

affix_form: -watt-

meaning_definition: unit of power | rate of energy transfer

example_words_list_1: watt, wattage, kilowatt, megawatt

example_words_corpus: watts | abwatt | wattage | kilowatt | megawatt | picowatt

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Physics, Energy

etymology: Eponymous for James Watt


morpheme_key: wattle

morpheme: wattle

morpheme_head: wattle

affix_form: -wattle-

meaning_definition: neck | throat | wattles

example_words_list_1: wattle

example_words_corpus: wattled | wattles | wattlebird | wattleseed | wattlebirds | wattleseeds

categorical_group_list: Physical form, Collection

etymology: Old English 'wætl' meaning neck or throat, related to Old Norse 'vatl' (skin, hide).


morpheme_key: waver

morpheme: waver

morpheme_head: waver

affix_form: -waver-

meaning_definition: to move unsteadily | to be undecided | to fluctuate

example_words_list_1: waver, wavering, wavered

example_words_corpus: wavers | wavery | waverer | wavered | wavering | waverers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Instability

etymology: Middle English waveren, from Old English wafian 'to move to and fro'


morpheme_key: wax

morpheme: wax

morpheme_head: wax

affix_form: -wax-

meaning_definition: substance from bees | fatty substance

example_words_list_1: wax, waxing, unwaxed

example_words_corpus: waxy | waxed | waxes | waxen | waxer | dewax

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Old English weax


morpheme_key: way

morpheme: way

morpheme_head: way

affix_form: -way-

meaning_definition: path | direction | manner | road

example_words_list_1: away | ways | noway | alway | wayed | beway

categorical_group_list: Motion, Path, Direction

ancestor_etymon: way

etymology: Old English weg 'way, road, path'


morpheme_key: ways

morpheme: ways

morpheme_head: ways

affix_form: -ways-

sense_label: manner

meaning_definition: manner | direction | path

example_words_list_1: always, sideways, airways, pathways

example_words_corpus: sunways | edgeways | needways | fessways | frontways | slantways

categorical_group_list: Direction, Motion, Manner

etymology: Old English wēg 'way, road, path'


morpheme_key: we

morpheme: we

morpheme_head: we

affix_form: -we-

meaning_definition: we | us

example_words_list_1: we, we're, we've, we'll, ourselves

example_words_corpus: wed | weds | unwed | rewed | weism | bewed

categorical_group_list: Pronoun, Personal, First Person, Plural

etymology: Old English 'wē', first-person plural personal pronoun


morpheme_key: weak

morpheme: weak

morpheme_head: weak

affix_form: -weak-

meaning_definition: lacking strength | low intensity | vulnerable

example_words_list_1: weakness, weaken, weakly

example_words_corpus: weaken | weakly | weakens | nonweak | weakish | weakness

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Physicality, Vulnerability

etymology: Old English 'wāc' meaning 'faint, feeble, or vigilant'


morpheme_key: weal

morpheme: weal

morpheme_head: weal

affix_form: -weal-

meaning_definition: well | health | welfare | prosperity

example_words_list_1: unweal, somewhat

example_words_corpus: weals | wealy | wealth | wealthy | wealful | wealths

categorical_group_list: Prosperity, Well-being

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wailaz, from PIE *wel- 'to wish, be well'. Cognate with Old Norse vǣill, Old High German wēl.


morpheme_key: weald

morpheme: weald

morpheme_head: weald

affix_form: -weald-

meaning_definition: wood | forest | woodland

example_words_list_1: weald

example_words_corpus: wealds | wealdish | Wealdsman

categorical_group_list: Nature, Landscape

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *waldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- 'to turn, bend'


morpheme_key: wealth

morpheme: wealth

morpheme_head: wealth

affix_form: -wealth-

meaning_definition: wealth | prosperity | abundance | riches

example_words_list_1: wealthy, wealthiest, wealthiness

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Prosperity, Value

etymology: Old English 'weal' (well-being) + '-th' (suffix forming abstract nouns)


morpheme_key: wean

morpheme: wean

morpheme_head: wean

affix_form: -wean-

meaning_definition: to accustom | to detach | to withdraw

example_words_list_1: wean, weaning, weaned

example_words_corpus: weans | weaned | weaner | weaning | forwean | weaneth

categorical_group_list: Transition, Separation, Habituation

etymology: Middle English 'wenen' (to accustom) or 'wennen' (to suppose), related to 'wont'


morpheme_key: weapon

morpheme: weapon

morpheme_head: weapon

affix_form: weapon

meaning_definition: a foolish or contemptible person | an inept individual | a tool or oaf

example_words_list_1: weapons | weaponry | weaponed | beweapon | bioweapon | weaponize


morpheme_key: wear

morpheme: wear

morpheme_head: wear

affix_form: -wear-

allomorphs: weare

meaning_definition: clothing | apparel | garments

example_words_list_1: wears | wearer | weared | wearing | fanwear | outwear

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Material, Apparel

etymology: Old English werian "to clothe, to dress"


morpheme_key: weary

morpheme: weary

morpheme_head: weary

affix_form: -weary-

meaning_definition: tired | exhausted | fatigued

example_words_list_1: weary, weariness, unwearied

example_words_corpus: unwearying | wearyingly | unwearyingly | overwearying | unwearyingness

categorical_group_list: State, Physical sensation

etymology: Old English wērig 'tired, weary'


morpheme_key: weasel

morpheme: weasel

morpheme_head: weasel

affix_form: -weasel-

meaning_definition: small carnivorous mammal | deceitful person

example_words_list_1: weasel

example_words_corpus: weasels | weasely | weaselly | weasellike | shitweasel | fuckweasel

categorical_group_list: Animals, Deception

etymology: From Old English 'wǣsel', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'wazal' and German 'Wiesel'.


morpheme_key: weather

morpheme: weather

morpheme_head: weather

affix_form: -weather-

sense_label: atmospheric conditions

meaning_definition: atmospheric conditions | state of the atmosphere

example_words_list_1: weatherman, weatherproof, weathered

example_words_corpus: aweather | weathers | weathery | weatherly | weathered | unweather

categorical_group_list: Nature, Environment

etymology: Old English wæðer


morpheme_key: weave

morpheme: weave

morpheme_head: weave

affix_form: -weave-

meaning_definition: interlace | entwine | braid

example_words_list_1: weaver, weaving, interwoven

example_words_corpus: weaver | weaves | weaved | weavers | reweave | unweave

categorical_group_list: Creation, Connection, Pattern

etymology: From Old English 'wefan' meaning 'to weave', derived from Proto-Germanic '*webaną'.


morpheme_key: web

morpheme: web

morpheme_head: web

affix_form: -web-

meaning_definition: network | interconnected structure | spun thread

example_words_list_1: web, website, webbing, webbed

example_words_corpus: webby | weblog | webbed | webmag | cobweb | webcam

categorical_group_list: Structure, Connection, Nature

etymology: Old English webb 'woven fabric, cloth, net'


morpheme_key: webb

morpheme: webb

morpheme_head: webb

affix_form: -webb-

meaning_definition: web | network | spider

example_words_list_1: webbed, webbing, weblike, spiderweb

example_words_corpus: Webby

categorical_group_list: Material, Structure, Arachnid

etymology: From Old English 'webb' meaning 'web, fabric, cloth', related to the verb 'weave'.


morpheme_key: webber

morpheme: webber

morpheme_head: webber

affix_form: -webber-

meaning_definition: one who works with or is associated with

example_words_list_1: webber, webworker

example_words_corpus: karenwebberite

categorical_group_list: Agent, Profession, Occupation

etymology: From the noun 'web' + the agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: wed

morpheme: wed

morpheme_head: wed

affix_form: -wed-

meaning_definition: to join | to unite | to bind

example_words_list_1: wed, wedding, wedlock

categorical_group_list: Connection, Union

etymology: Old English wædan 'to bind, to fasten'


morpheme_key: wedge

morpheme: wedge

morpheme_head: wedge

affix_form: -wedge-

meaning_definition: to split | to separate | a tool for splitting

example_words_list_1: wedged, wedging, wedge-shaped

example_words_corpus: wedges | wedged | wedger | wedgers | unwedged | wedgelet

categorical_group_list: Separation, Tools, Action

etymology: Old English wecg "a tool for splitting, a lever"


morpheme_key: wednes

morpheme: wednes

morpheme_head: wednes

affix_form: -wednes-

meaning_definition: Wednesday

example_words_list_1: Wednesday

categorical_group_list: Time, Days of the week

etymology: Old English wōdnesdæg 'Woden's day'


morpheme_key: wee

morpheme: wee

morpheme_head: wee

affix_form: -wee-

meaning_definition: small | little

example_words_list_1: wee, wee-bit, wee-worm

example_words_corpus: wees | weeny | weest | weeing | weests | weebill

categorical_group_list: Size, Diminutive

etymology: Middle English 'wei' or 'we', related to 'small'


morpheme_key: weed

morpheme: weed

morpheme_head: weed

affix_form: -weed-

meaning_definition: unwanted plant | to remove plants

example_words_list_1: weed, weeding, weedless

example_words_corpus: weedy | weeded | weeder | unweed | seaweed | weeding

categorical_group_list: Botany, Action

etymology: Old English wēod 'grass, herb, plant'


morpheme_key: week

morpheme: week

morpheme_head: week

affix_form: -week-

meaning_definition: a period of seven days | a unit of time

example_words_list_1: weekly, weeknight, weekend

example_words_corpus: weeks | weekly | weeker | weekend | weekday | midweek

categorical_group_list: Time, Duration

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wikōr, *wikō, from PIE *wek- 'to observe, watch' (related to week's original sense of a 'turn' or 'cycle' of observation).


morpheme_key: ween

morpheme: ween

morpheme_head: ween

affix_form: -ween-

meaning_definition: young | child | offspring

example_words_list_1: weenling, weenlet, weenkin

example_words_corpus: weens | misween | overween | misweens | underween | overweens

categorical_group_list: Family, Age, Kinship

etymology: From Old English 'wēn' meaning 'young animal' or 'offspring', related to 'wæpnen' (weapon) and 'wif' (woman), originally denoting a young creature.


morpheme_key: weep

morpheme: weep

morpheme_head: weep

affix_form: -weep-

meaning_definition: to shed tears | to cry

example_words_list_1: weep, weepy, weeper

example_words_corpus: weeps | weepy | beweep | weeper | weepie | weeped

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Physical action

etymology: Old English wēpan


morpheme_key: weevil

morpheme: weevil

morpheme_head: weevil

affix_form: -weevil-

meaning_definition: small beetle | snout beetle

example_words_list_1: weevil

example_words_corpus: weevils | weevily | weeviled | weevilly

categorical_group_list: Biology, Insects

etymology: From Old English 'wǣl' (corpse, slaughter) + 'wifel' (female animal), originally referring to a beetle that infested stored grain or meat.


morpheme_key: weigh

morpheme: weigh

morpheme_head: weigh

affix_form: -weigh-

meaning_definition: to measure mass | to consider | to have importance

example_words_list_1: weight, weighing, weighable

example_words_corpus: aweigh | weighs | weighed | reweigh | weigher | beweigh

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Cognition, Importance

etymology: Old English wēgan 'to move, carry, or weigh'


morpheme_key: weight

morpheme: weight

morpheme_head: weight

affix_form: weight-

meaning_definition: weight

example_words_list_1: overweight | underweight

example_words_list_2: overweight | underweight

example_words_corpus: weighty | weights | weighted | reweight | unweight | deweight

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Mass, Physical property

etymology: Old English 'wīht' (thing, creature, weight) from Proto-Germanic '*wichtam'


morpheme_key: weil

morpheme: weil

morpheme_head: weil

affix_form: -weil-

meaning_definition: because | since

example_words_list_1: weil, weilchen

example_words_corpus: Weilian

categorical_group_list: Causality, Conjunction

etymology: Old High German 'wīl' (time, occasion), from Proto-Germanic '*wīlaz', from PIE '*wey-' (to flow, turn)


morpheme_key: weir

morpheme: weir

morpheme_head: weir

affix_form: -weir-

meaning_definition: weir | barrier | dam

example_words_list_1: weir, weirs

example_words_corpus: weirs | weired | weirlike | fishweir | wasteweir | fishweirs

categorical_group_list: Structure, Water management, Obstruction

etymology: From Old English wǣr, meaning 'barrier' or 'dam', related to Old Norse ver.


morpheme_key: weird

morpheme: weird

morpheme_head: weird

affix_form: -weird-

meaning_definition: strange | unusual | abnormal

example_words_list_1: weird, weirdo, weirdness, weirdest

example_words_corpus: weirdo | weirds | weirdy | weirdly | weirdos | weirdie

categorical_group_list: Quality, Perception

etymology: Middle English 'werre' or 'wyrd' (fate, destiny)


morpheme_key: weiss

morpheme: weiss

morpheme_head: weiss

affix_form: -weiss-

meaning_definition: white

example_words_list_1: Weißbier, Weißwein, Weißglut, Weißdorn

example_words_corpus: weissite

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: From Old High German wîz, from Proto-Germanic *wītsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weid- 'to see' (related to 'white' via the concept of brightness/visibility).


morpheme_key: weissman

morpheme: weissman

morpheme_head: weissman

affix_form: -weissman-

example_words_list_1: Weissman, Weiß

categorical_group_list: Color, Germanic

etymology: German 'weiß' meaning 'white'


morpheme_key: welch

morpheme: welch

morpheme_head: welch

affix_form: -welch-

meaning_definition: who | which | what

example_words_list_1: whatever, whichever, whatsoever, whichever

example_words_corpus: welcher | welched | welchers | welching

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Pronominal, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'hwelc' (who, which), from 'hwā' (who) + 'līc' (like, form). Cognate with German 'welch'.


morpheme_key: welcome

morpheme: welcome

morpheme_head: welcome

affix_form: -welcome-

meaning_definition: greet | receive | accept

example_words_list_1: welcoming, unwelcome, welcomely

categorical_group_list: Social interaction, Greeting

etymology: Old English welcuma 'welcome person'


morpheme_key: weld

morpheme: weld

morpheme_head: weld

affix_form: -weld-

meaning_definition: join | unite | fuse

example_words_list_1: weld, welder, welding, weldment

example_words_corpus: welds | welder | welded | reweld | welders | arcweld

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity

etymology: Old English 'wealdan' (to wield, rule, or control) or related to 'wel' (well) + 'd' (suffix)


morpheme_key: well

morpheme: well

morpheme_head: well

affix_form: well-

sense_label: well, good, appropriate

meaning_definition: well, good, appropriate

example_words_list_1: well-being, well-known, well-behaved, well-to-do

example_words_corpus: wells | unwell | welled | upwell | weller | bewell

categorical_group_list: Quality, Adequacy, Positivity

etymology: Old English 'wel', adverbial form of 'wael' (good, suitable)


morpheme_key: wellington

morpheme: wellington

morpheme_head: wellington

affix_form: -wellington-

meaning_definition: Wellington | Duke of Wellington | victory at Waterloo

example_words_list_1: Wellington boots, Wellington cake, Duke of Wellington

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Historical Figure, Military, Place Name

etymology: Proper noun derived from the town of Wellington in Somerset, England, named after the Duke of Wellington.


morpheme_key: welt

morpheme: welt

morpheme_head: welt

affix_form: -welt-

meaning_definition: welt | swelling | ridge

example_words_list_1: welted

example_words_corpus: welts | welter | welted | welters | welting | weltings

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Injury, Texture

etymology: Middle English welte, from Old English weal 'swelling, wound', from Proto-Germanic *walhaz


morpheme_key: welter

morpheme: welter

morpheme_head: welter

affix_form: -welter-

meaning_definition: to tumble | to roll | to struggle | confusion

example_words_list_1: ['welter']

example_words_corpus: weltered | weltering | beweltered

categorical_group_list: Motion, Chaos

etymology: Middle English welteren, from Old English wealtherian 'to roll, toss', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch welen and German wühlen.


morpheme_key: wend

morpheme: wend

morpheme_head: wend

affix_form: -wend-

meaning_definition: to go | to move | to turn

example_words_list_1: wend, wending, wenden

example_words_corpus: wends | wended | Wendic | bewend | Wendish | miswend

categorical_group_list: Motion, Change

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wendaną (to turn, wind), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to turn, wind). Cognates include Old English wendan, Old High German wenden, and Gothic witan (to know, originally 'to turn one's mind').


morpheme_key: went

morpheme: went

morpheme_head: went

affix_form: -went-

meaning_definition: past tense of go | moved

example_words_list_1: went

example_words_corpus: wents | wentest | forwent | wenteth | forewent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Verb, Temporal

etymology: Old English 'went' (past tense of 'gan')


morpheme_key: wept

morpheme: wept

morpheme_head: wept

affix_form: -wept-

meaning_definition: to shed tears | to cry

example_words_list_1: wept

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Physical action

etymology: Old English wēpan


morpheme_key: were

morpheme: were

morpheme_head: were

affix_form: were-

sense_label: past tense of be

meaning_definition: past tense of be | past subjunctive of be

example_words_list_1: weren | weres | wererat | werefox | weredog | werecat

etymology: From Old English wǣron, past tense plural of bēon 'to be', from Proto-Germanic *wērun


morpheme_key: werewolf

morpheme: werewolf

morpheme_head: werewolf

affix_form: -werewolf-

meaning_definition: man | wolf | human-wolf hybrid

example_words_list_1: werewolf, werebear, werefox

categorical_group_list: Creature, Hybrid, Lycanthropy

etymology: Old English wērig (man) + warg (wolf)


morpheme_key: wert

morpheme: wert

morpheme_head: wert

affix_form: -wert-

meaning_definition: value | worth | merit

example_words_list_1: worth, worthwhile, worthlessness, worthiness, worthily

categorical_group_list: Value, Magnitude

etymology: From Old English weorð, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- 'to turn, to value'


morpheme_key: west

morpheme: west

morpheme_head: west

affix_form: -west-

sense_label: west

meaning_definition: west | westward | westerly

example_words_list_1: western, westward, westerly

example_words_corpus: wests | wester | Westie | westly | Westlaw | westers

categorical_group_list: Direction, Orientation

etymology: From Old English 'west' (also West Saxon 'west'), from Proto-Germanic '*westra', from Proto-Indo-European '*wes-' meaning 'to go, move'.


morpheme_key: westminster

morpheme: westminster

morpheme_head: westminster

affix_form: -westminster-

meaning_definition: Westminster (specific district in London)

example_words_list_1: Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, City of Westminster

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From Old English 'west' + 'mynster' (monastery), referring to the Abbey of St Peter at Westminster.


morpheme_key: westport

morpheme: westport

morpheme_head: westport

affix_form: -westport-

meaning_definition: Westport

example_words_list_1: Westport, Westport Island, Westport Harbor

categorical_group_list: Geography, Direction, Location

etymology: Compound of 'west' (direction) and 'port' (harbor/town)


morpheme_key: wet

morpheme: wet

morpheme_head: wet

affix_form: -wet-

meaning_definition: covered | soaked | saturated | moist

example_words_list_1: wet, wetting, wetness

example_words_corpus: wets | wetly | bewet | dewet | unwet | rewet

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Moisture

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wettaz, from PIE *wed- 'water'


morpheme_key: wh

morpheme: wh

morpheme_head: wh

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: question words | elements that introduce inquiries

example_words_list_1: who, what, where, when, why

related_morphemes: compare h / h, th / th

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: PIE interrogative stem *kʷo-

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: whale

morpheme: whale

morpheme_head: whale

affix_form: -whale-

allomorphs: whal

meaning_definition: large marine mammal

example_words_list_1: whale, whalebone, whaleman

example_words_corpus: whaler | whaled | whalers | whaleman | nonwhale | whaleboat

categorical_group_list: Animals, Marine life

etymology: Old English hwæl


morpheme_key: wharf

morpheme: wharf

morpheme_head: wharf

affix_form: -wharf-

meaning_definition: pier | landing place | dock

example_words_list_1: wharf

example_words_corpus: wharfie | wharfed | wharfage | wharfies | wharfman | wharfing

categorical_group_list: Location, Maritime

etymology: Old English 'whærfe' (a landing place, pier)


morpheme_key: what

morpheme: what

morpheme_head: what

affix_form: -what-

meaning_definition: interrogative | relative | unknown

example_words_list_1: what, whatsoever, whatever

example_words_corpus: whats | whath | whatth | nowhat | whatnot | whatsay

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Pronoun

etymology: Old English hwæt "what"


morpheme_key: wheat

morpheme: wheat

morpheme_head: wheat

affix_form: -wheat-

meaning_definition: wheat | cereal grain

example_words_list_1: wheat, wheaten, wheatfield

example_words_corpus: wheats | wheaty | wheaten | wheatear | nonwheat | notwheat

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: From Old English hwǣte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitaz (white), from Proto-Indo-European *kweyd- (to shine, white)


morpheme_key: wheedle

morpheme: wheedle

morpheme_head: wheedle

affix_form: -wheedle-

meaning_definition: to persuade | to cajole | to use flattery

example_words_list_1: wheedle, wheedling, wheedled

example_words_corpus: wheedled | wheedler | wheedles | wheedlers | wheedlesome

categorical_group_list: Persuasion, Manipulation

etymology: From Middle English 'weden' (to strive, contend), possibly from Old Norse 'veðja' (to bet, wager), related to 'wedge' or 'wrestle'.


morpheme_key: wheel

morpheme: wheel

morpheme_head: wheel

affix_form: -wheel-

meaning_definition: circular object | rotating part | cycle

example_words_list_1: pinwheel, flywheel, wheelless

example_words_corpus: wheels | awheel | wheely | wheelie | wheeled | wheeler

categorical_group_list: Object, Motion, Cycle

etymology: PIE *kʷékʷlos (from *kʷékʷlo- "round, circle")


morpheme_key: whelk

morpheme: whelk

morpheme_head: whelk

affix_form: -whelk-

meaning_definition: sea snail | gastropod mollusk

example_words_list_1: whelk

example_words_corpus: whelks | whelky | whelked

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Marine life

etymology: Old English 'whelcan' (to roll/turn)


morpheme_key: whelm

morpheme: whelm

morpheme_head: whelm

affix_form: -whelm-

meaning_definition: overpower | submerge | submerge in liquid

example_words_list_1: overwhelm, whelmed

example_words_corpus: whelms | whelmed | whelming | overwhelm | whelmings | overwhelms

categorical_group_list: Overpowering, Submersion, Motion

etymology: Old English 'whelmen' 'to overturn, capsize'


morpheme_key: whelp

morpheme: whelp

morpheme_head: whelp

affix_form: -whelp-

meaning_definition: young | offspring | fledgling

example_words_list_1: whelp, whelping

example_words_corpus: whelps | whelped | whelping | whelpeth | whelpling | unwhelped

categorical_group_list: Animacy, Offspring, Youth

etymology: Old English 'whelp' (cub, young animal)


morpheme_key: when

morpheme: when

morpheme_head: when

affix_form: -when-

meaning_definition: at the time that | during which

example_words_list_1: when

example_words_corpus: whens | whence | nowhen | whenas | whenwe | anywhen

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Adverbial

etymology: Old English hwænne


morpheme_key: where

morpheme: where

morpheme_head: where

affix_form: where-

sense_label: place

meaning_definition: place | location | direction

example_words_list_1: wheres | whereas | whereby | nowhere | wherein | whereof

categorical_group_list: Locative, Interrogative, Spatial

etymology: From Old English 'hwǣr', interrogative adverb meaning 'where', derived from Proto-Germanic '*hwar'


morpheme_key: wherry

morpheme: wherry

morpheme_head: wherry

affix_form: -wherry-

meaning_definition: small sailing boat | wherry

example_words_list_1: wherry

example_words_corpus: wherryman

categorical_group_list: Boat, Watercraft, Noun

etymology: Middle English wheri, from Old English werie


morpheme_key: whet

morpheme: whet

morpheme_head: whet

affix_form: -whet-

meaning_definition: to sharpen | to stimulate | to excite

example_words_list_1: whet, whetstone, whetting

example_words_corpus: whets | whetted | whetter | whetten | whetting | whetters

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality, Stimulation

etymology: Old English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wetten and German wetzen.


morpheme_key: whether

morpheme: whether

morpheme_head: whether

affix_form: -whether-

meaning_definition: expressing doubt | expressing a choice between alternatives

example_words_list_1: whether

example_words_corpus: whethersoever

categorical_group_list: Conjunction, Uncertainty

etymology: Old English hwæther 'which of two'


morpheme_key: whey

morpheme: whey

morpheme_head: whey

affix_form: -whey-

meaning_definition: the watery part of milk | liquid byproduct of curdling

example_words_list_1: whey

example_words_corpus: wheys | wheyey | wheyish | wheylike | wheyface | wheyfaces

categorical_group_list: Food, Liquid, Dairy

etymology: Old English hwēg


morpheme_key: while

morpheme: while

morpheme_head: while

affix_form: -while-

meaning_definition: during the time that | at the same time as

example_words_list_1: while

example_words_corpus: whiles | whiled | umwhile | nowhile | whilere | whilest

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Duration

etymology: From Old English 'hwīl' meaning 'a period of time, moment'.


morpheme_key: whim

morpheme: whim

morpheme_head: whim

affix_form: -whim-

meaning_definition: sudden desire or notion

example_words_list_1: whim, whimsical, whimsically

example_words_corpus: whims | whimsy | whimmy | whimsies | whimling | whimsome

categorical_group_list: Impulse, Emotion

etymology: Middle English whim (a sudden impulse)


morpheme_key: whine

morpheme: whine

morpheme_head: whine

affix_form: -whine-

meaning_definition: to make a high-pitched, prolonged, whining sound | to complain in a petulant or whining manner

example_words_list_1: whine, whining, whined

example_words_corpus: whines | whiner | whiney | whined | whiners | whineth

categorical_group_list: Sound, Emotion, Communication

etymology: imitative of the sound produced


morpheme_key: whinny

morpheme: whinny

morpheme_head: whinny

affix_form: -whinny-

meaning_definition: the high-pitched cry of a horse

example_words_list_1: whinny, whinnying, whinnied

example_words_corpus: whinnying | whinnyings | whinnyingly

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Animal sound

etymology: From Old French 'quiner' or 'quiner', of imitative origin, related to Middle Dutch 'kwijnen' and German 'quieken'.


morpheme_key: whip

morpheme: whip

morpheme_head: whip

affix_form: -whip-

meaning_definition: to strike | to lash | flexible rod

example_words_list_1: whip, whipped, whipping, whiplash

example_words_corpus: whips | whipt | whippy | whipped | whipsaw | whipper

categorical_group_list: Action, Tool, Motion

etymology: Old English 'cwippan' (to move quickly, to lash)


morpheme_key: whir

morpheme: whir

morpheme_head: whir

affix_form: -whir-

meaning_definition: the sound of a rapidly rotating object | to make a continuous humming or buzzing sound

example_words_list_1: whir, whirring, whirred

example_words_corpus: whirs | whirred | whirring | whirrings

categorical_group_list: Sound, Motion

etymology: From Old English 'hwirrian' meaning 'to whirl, turn', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: whirl

morpheme: whirl

morpheme_head: whirl

affix_form: -whirl-

meaning_definition: spin | rotate | swirl

example_words_list_1: whirling, whirlwind, whirly

example_words_corpus: whirls | whirly | awhirl | whirled | whirlin | whirler

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rotation

etymology: Middle English whirlen, related to imitative sound


morpheme_key: whisk

morpheme: whisk

morpheme_head: whisk

affix_form: -whisk-

meaning_definition: to beat or stir | to move rapidly

example_words_list_1: ['whisk', 'whisker']

example_words_corpus: whisks | whisker | whisked | whisking | whiskery | flywhisk

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Middle English whisken, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: whiskey

morpheme: whiskey

morpheme_head: whiskey

affix_form: whiskey

meaning_definition: a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash | the letter 'W' in the ICAO spelling alphabet

example_words_list_1: whiskeys | whiskeyed | nonwhiskey | whiskeyana | whiskeyful | whiskeyless


morpheme_key: whisky

morpheme: whisky

morpheme_head: whisky

affix_form: -whisky-

meaning_definition: distilled alcoholic beverage

example_words_list_1: whiskey, whiskey, whiskey

example_words_corpus: whiskyless

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Substance

etymology: Gaelic uisge beatha "water of life"

ancestor_etymon_language: Gaelic


morpheme_key: whisper

morpheme: whisper

morpheme_head: whisper

affix_form: -whisper-

meaning_definition: to speak softly | low sound | quiet

example_words_list_1: whisper, whispering, whispered

example_words_corpus: whispers | whispery | whispered | whisperer | bewhisper | whispering

categorical_group_list: Sound, Communication

etymology: Old English hwisprian


morpheme_key: whist

morpheme: whist

morpheme_head: whist

affix_form: -whist-

meaning_definition: sound of wind | soft whistling sound

example_words_list_1: whistle, whistling, whist

example_words_corpus: whists | whistly | whister | whisters

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Sound

etymology: imitative of the sound of wind


morpheme_key: whistle

morpheme: whistle

morpheme_head: whistle

affix_form: -whistle-

meaning_definition: to make a clear, high-pitched sound | to blow air through pursed lips

example_words_list_1: whistle, whistling, whistled

example_words_corpus: whistler | whistled | whistles | whistlers | unwhistled | whistlestop

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory

etymology: imitative origin


morpheme_key: whit

morpheme: whit

morpheme_head: whit

affix_form: whit

meaning_definition: the smallest possible part or particle | a minute amount or particle | equivalent to an iota in significance

example_words_list_1: whits

example_words_corpus: whits

etymology: From Old English 'wīt', meaning a small particle or part

register: archaic


morpheme_key: white

morpheme: white

morpheme_head: white

affix_form: white-

sense_label: white

meaning_definition: white | having the color of snow or milk

example_words_list_1: white, whitish, whitewash, whitewashed

example_words_list_2: white-collar, white-haired, white-hot, white-lipped, white-livered, white-pink, white-tie, whitened, whitewashed

example_words_corpus: whiten | whitey | whites | whited | whitens | whitely

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Proto-Germanic *hwitaz


morpheme_key: whittle

morpheme: whittle

morpheme_head: whittle

affix_form: -whittle-

meaning_definition: to reduce in size or amount by cutting away | to whittle down

example_words_list_1: whittled, whittling, whittler, whittle-down

example_words_corpus: whittler | whittled | whittles

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical manipulation

etymology: From Old English 'hwittlian' meaning 'to cut off', related to 'hwitel' (white) via the notion of cutting away to the white wood.


morpheme_key: whiz

morpheme: whiz

morpheme_head: whiz

affix_form: whiz

meaning_definition: To produce a whirring or hissing sound, often associated with fast-moving objects | To make a sharp, high-pitched sound

example_words_list_1: whizzed | whizzle | whizzing | whizbang | whizzles | whizbangs


morpheme_key: whizz

morpheme: whizz

morpheme_head: whizz

affix_form: -whizz-

meaning_definition: rapid movement | whistling sound

example_words_list_1: whizz, whizzer, whizzing

example_words_corpus: whizzy | whizzo | whizzes | whizziness

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sound


morpheme_key: who

morpheme: who

morpheme_head: who

affix_form: -who-

meaning_definition: which person | what person

example_words_list_1: who, whoever, whom

example_words_corpus: whos | whois | NuWho | anywho | Whovian | whoever

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Person

etymology: Old English hwā


morpheme_key: whole

morpheme: whole

morpheme_head: whole

affix_form: -whole-

sense_label: whole

meaning_definition: whole | entire | undivided | complete

example_words_list_1: whole, wholesome, wholehearted, wholemeal, wholecloth

example_words_corpus: wholes | wholely | unwhole | nonwhole | wholesale | wholeness

categorical_group_list: Completeness, Unity

etymology: From Old English 'hāl' meaning 'whole, sound, healthy', from Proto-Germanic '*hailaz', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*kail-' (to be whole, well).


morpheme_key: whom

morpheme: whom

morpheme_head: whom

affix_form: -whom-

meaning_definition: objective case of who | person being acted upon

example_words_list_1: whom

example_words_corpus: whomever | elsewhom | whomsoever

categorical_group_list: Pronoun, Interrogative, Relative

etymology: Old English hwām (dative/accusative of hwā)


morpheme_key: whop

morpheme: whop

morpheme_head: whop

affix_form: whop

meaning_definition: to strike or hit someone as a form of punishment | to deliver a blow | to administer a physical punishment

example_words_list_1: whops | whopper | whopped | whoppers

example_words_corpus: whops | whopper | whopped | whoppers


morpheme_key: whorl

morpheme: whorl

morpheme_head: whorl

affix_form: -whorl-

meaning_definition: spiral | twist | coil

example_words_list_1: whorl, whorled

example_words_corpus: whorls | whorly | whorled | pseudowhorl | pseudowhorls

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion

etymology: Old English 'hwyrul' (a turn, rotation)


morpheme_key: whose

morpheme: whose

morpheme_head: whose

affix_form: -whose-

meaning_definition: belonging to whom | of which person

example_words_list_1: whose

example_words_corpus: Whoser | whoseever | whosesoever

categorical_group_list: Possession, Interrogative, Relative

etymology: Old English hwā'ses, genitive of hwā 'who'


morpheme_key: why

morpheme: why

morpheme_head: why

affix_form: -why-

meaning_definition: for what reason | cause | query

example_words_list_1: why, why's, whyever

example_words_corpus: whys | nowhy | forwhy | whyever | whyness | somewhy

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Causality

etymology: Old English hwī (adverb), from hwæt (what) + ī (ablative case marker)


morpheme_key: wich

morpheme: wich

morpheme_head: wich

affix_form: -wich-

meaning_definition: a small rural settlement | a hamlet

example_words_list_1: bailiwick | Brunswick | Greenwich | Ipswich | Norwich | Sandwich

example_words_list_2: bailiwick, Brunswick, Greenwich, Ipswich, Norwich, Sandwich

example_words_corpus: ribwich

categorical_group_list: Location, Settlement

etymology: Old English -wic (dwelling, village, or trading center)


morpheme_key: wick

morpheme: wick

morpheme_head: wick

affix_form: -wick

meaning_definition: village | settlement | dwelling

example_words_list_1: wicks | Gatwick | wickies | wickless | wicklike | wickmaker

etymology: Old English -wic "dwelling, village, or bay"


morpheme_key: wicked

morpheme: wicked

morpheme_head: wicked

affix_form: -wicked-

meaning_definition: evil | morally bad | harmful

example_words_list_1: wickedness, wickedly, wickedest

example_words_corpus: wickednesses

categorical_group_list: Morality, Malice

etymology: From Old English 'wǣcc' (awake, vigilant) via Proto-Germanic '*wakaz', originally implying 'watchful' or 'vigilant', later shifting to 'evil' or 'harmful' in Middle English.


morpheme_key: wicker

morpheme: wicker

morpheme_head: wicker

affix_form: -wicker-

meaning_definition: woven | interlaced | made of twigs

example_words_list_1: wickerwork, wickerbasket

example_words_corpus: wickerworks | wickerwares | wickerworker | wickerworked | wickerworkers

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Old English 'wicce' or 'wecan' related to weaving


morpheme_key: wicket

morpheme: wicket

morpheme_head: wicket

affix_form: -wicket-

meaning_definition: a barrier | a gate | a structure for cricket

example_words_list_1: wicket, wicketkeeper

example_words_corpus: midwickets | wicketkeeper | wicketkeeping | wicketkeepers

categorical_group_list: Barrier, Structure, Sport

etymology: Middle English 'wiket', diminutive of 'wicket' (gate)


morpheme_key: wid

morpheme: wid

morpheme_head: wid

affix_form: -wid-

meaning_definition: to divide | to part

example_words_list_1: widow, widower

example_words_list_2: widow, widower

categorical_group_list: Separation, Division

etymology: Middle English wilde OE


morpheme_key: wide

morpheme: wide

morpheme_head: wide

affix_form: wide-

sense_label: wide

meaning_definition: wide | broad | extending throughout the specified area or scope

example_words_list_1: wide-awake | wide-cut | wide-eyed | wide-open | wide-ranging | wideband | citywide | countrywide | countywide | nationwide | statewide | worldwide

example_words_corpus: widen | wides | widely | widens | unwide | widened

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Extent, Scope

etymology: Old English wīd 'broad, extensive'


morpheme_key: widow

morpheme: widow

morpheme_head: widow

affix_form: -widow-

meaning_definition: woman | bereaved | deceased husband

example_words_list_1: widow

example_words_corpus: widows | widowy | widower | widowed | widowly | widowers

categorical_group_list: Human, Social Status, Bereavement

etymology: From Old English 'widuwe', meaning 'widow', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: width

morpheme: width

morpheme_head: width

affix_form: -width-

meaning_definition: breadth | distance from side to side

example_words_list_1: width

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Measurement

etymology: Old English widde 'wide'


morpheme_key: wield

morpheme: wield

morpheme_head: wield

affix_form: -wield-

meaning_definition: to hold and use | to exercise | to handle

example_words_list_1: wield, wielding, wielded, wielder

example_words_corpus: wields | wieldy | wielded | wielder | bewield | unwieldy

categorical_group_list: Action, Control, Physicality

etymology: Old English wealdan "to rule, possess, or have power over"


morpheme_key: wiener

morpheme: wiener

morpheme_head: wiener

affix_form: -wiener-

meaning_definition: hot dog | frankfurter

example_words_list_1: wiener, wiener dog, frankfurter

example_words_corpus: wieners

categorical_group_list: Food, Sausage, Loanword

etymology: From German 'Wiener' (from Vienna), referring to the Viennese sausage.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: wife

morpheme: wife

morpheme_head: wife

affix_form: -wife-

meaning_definition: married woman | female spouse

example_words_list_1: wife, husband, wifebeater, wifeless

example_words_corpus: wifes | wifey | wifely | wifeys | alewife | huswife

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Person

etymology: Old English wīf "woman, female, wife"


morpheme_key: wig

morpheme: wig

morpheme_head: wig

affix_form: -wig-

meaning_definition: wig

example_words_list_1: wig, wigs, wiggy

example_words_corpus: wigs | wiggy | bewig | unwig | wigger | bigwig

categorical_group_list: Noun, Object, Headwear

etymology: Middle English wigge, from Old English wigge 'battle, war'


morpheme_key: wiggle

morpheme: wiggle

morpheme_head: wiggle

affix_form: -wiggle-

meaning_definition: to move with short, quick, irregular movements | to tremble or quiver

example_words_list_1: wiggle, wiggling, wiggled

example_words_corpus: wiggled | wiggles | wiggler | awiggle | wigglers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: Middle English wigelen, of imitative origin, possibly related to Old High German wigilōn 'to tremble'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: wight

morpheme: wight

morpheme_head: wight

affix_form: -wight-

meaning_definition: being | creature | person

example_words_list_1: wight

example_words_corpus: wights | wightly

categorical_group_list: Entity, Being

etymology: Old English wight (creature, being, person)


morpheme_key: wild

morpheme: wild

morpheme_head: wild

affix_form: -wild-

allomorphs: wilde

meaning_definition: not domesticated or tamed | lacking control or restraint | growing uncultivated in nature

example_words_list_1: wildlife, wilderness, wildcat

example_words_corpus: wilds | wildly | wilden | rewild | unwild | wildcat

categorical_group_list: Nature, Uncontrolled

etymology: Middle English wille Old English willa : will


morpheme_key: wilder

morpheme: wilder

morpheme_head: wilder

affix_form: -wilder-

meaning_definition: untamed | uncultivated | more wild

example_words_list_1: wilder

example_words_corpus: bewilders | bewildered | bewilderer | bewildering | bewilderers | wilderments

categorical_group_list: Nature, Degree

etymology: Old English 'wilde' (wild) + comparative suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: wile

morpheme: wile

morpheme_head: wile

affix_form: -wile-

meaning_definition: deceit | trickery | cunning

example_words_list_1: wily

example_words_corpus: wiles | wiled | bewile | wileful | outwile | bewiled

categorical_group_list: Deception, Intelligence

etymology: Old English wīle 'deceit, trickery'