morpheme_key: resign

morpheme: resign

morpheme_head: resign

affix_form: -resign-

meaning_definition: to step down | to relinquish | to give up

example_words_list_1: resign, resignation, resigning, resigned

example_words_corpus: resigns | resigned | resigner | resignee | resigning | resigners

categorical_group_list: Action, Relinquishment

etymology: Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, revoke', from re- 'back' + signare 'to mark, seal', from signum 'sign, mark'


morpheme_key: resili

morpheme: resili

morpheme_head: resili

affix_form: -resili-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: rebounding | springing back | enduring

example_words_list_1: resilience, resilient

categorical_group_list: Motion, Endurance

etymology: Latin resilire 'to leap back, recoil', from re- 'back' + salire 'to jump'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: resin

morpheme: resin

morpheme_head: resin

affix_form: -resin-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: resin | sticky substance | tree exudate

example_words_list_1: resinous, resinousness

example_words_corpus: resiny | resins | resinic | resinous | resinify | resinate

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance, Organic

etymology: Latin 'resina' or 'resinā', meaning resin or pine gum, possibly of Etruscan origin.

attestation: both


morpheme_key: resolute

morpheme: resolute

morpheme_head: resolute

affix_form: -resolute-

meaning_definition: determined | unwavering | purposeful

example_words_list_1: resoluteness, irresolute

categorical_group_list: Determination, Stability, Mental State

etymology: Latin resolūtus, past participle of resolvere 'loosen, dissolve' (re- 'back' + solvere 'to loosen')


morpheme_key: resort

morpheme: resort

morpheme_head: resort

affix_form: -resort-

meaning_definition: to turn to | to fall back on | to use as a final option

example_words_list_1: resort, resorting, resorted

example_words_corpus: resorts | resorted | resorter | resorting | resorters | resorteth

categorical_group_list: Action, Dependency

etymology: Latin re- 'back, again' + sortīrī 'to obtain by lot'


morpheme_key: resound

morpheme: resound

morpheme_head: resound

affix_form: -resound-

meaning_definition: to echo | to ring again | to be loud

example_words_list_1: resounding, resoundingly

example_words_corpus: resoundingly

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory, Repetition

etymology: Latin re- 'again' + sonare 'to sound'


morpheme_key: resource

morpheme: resource

morpheme_head: resource

affix_form: -resource-

meaning_definition: supply | stock | asset | means

example_words_list_1: resource, resourceful, resourceless

example_words_corpus: resources | resourced | resourceful | bioresource | subresource | unresourced

categorical_group_list: Utility, Substance, Possession

etymology: Latin 'res' (thing, matter) + '-sors' (lot, fate)

register: neutral


morpheme_key: respect

morpheme: respect

morpheme_head: respect

affix_form: -respect-

allomorphs: respectus

meaning_definition: esteem | admiration | deference

example_words_list_1: respectful, respectable, respectability

example_words_corpus: respects | respecter | unrespect | respective | respectful | disrespect

categorical_group_list: Social Relation, Emotion, Value

etymology: Latin 'respectus', past participle of 'respicere' meaning 'to look back at, regard'


morpheme_key: respite

morpheme: respite

morpheme_head: respite

affix_form: -respite-

meaning_definition: pause | break | relief

example_words_list_1: respite, respire, respiration

example_words_corpus: respites | respited | respiteless

categorical_group_list: Time, State of being

etymology: Latin 'respirare' meaning 'to breathe again, take a breath'


morpheme_key: resplend

morpheme: resplend

morpheme_head: resplend

affix_form: -resplend-

meaning_definition: shining | bright | brilliant

example_words_list_1: resplendent, resplendence

example_words_corpus: resplends | resplended | resplendent | resplending | resplendently | unresplendent

categorical_group_list: Light, Appearance

etymology: Latin resplendere 'to shine forth', from re- 'back, again' + splendere 'to shine'


morpheme_key: respond

morpheme: respond

morpheme_head: respond

affix_form: -respond-

meaning_definition: answer | reply | react

example_words_list_1: response, responsive, respondent

example_words_corpus: responds | responded | responder | respondee | responding | responders

categorical_group_list: Communication, Action

etymology: Latin respondēre 'to answer back', from re- 'back' + spondēre 'to pledge, promise'


morpheme_key: response

morpheme: response

morpheme_head: response

affix_form: -response-

meaning_definition: answer | reply | reaction

example_words_list_1: responsive, unresponsive, responder

example_words_corpus: responses | nonresponse | surresponse | bioresponse | isoresponse | responseless

categorical_group_list: Communication, Action-Reaction


morpheme_key: responsible

morpheme: responsible

morpheme_head: responsible

affix_form: -responsible-

meaning_definition: answerable | accountable | liable

categorical_group_list: Agency, Accountability

etymology: From Latin 'responsus', past participle of 'respondere' meaning 'to answer' (re- 'back' + respondere 'to answer').


morpheme_key: rest

morpheme: rest

morpheme_head: rest

affix_form: -rest-

meaning_definition: remainder | left over | remaining

example_words_list_1: restless, unrest, restricted

example_words_corpus: rests | arrest | rested | unrest | rester | armrest

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Remainder

etymology: Latin 'rester' or 'remanere' meaning 'to remain'


morpheme_key: restore

morpheme: restore

morpheme_head: restore

affix_form: -restore-

meaning_definition: to bring back | to return to a previous state

example_words_list_1: restoration, restorative, restorer

example_words_corpus: restorer | restored | restores | restoreth | restorers | restorest

categorical_group_list: Reversion, Renewal

etymology: From Latin restaurare, from re- 'again' + stare 'to stand'


morpheme_key: result

morpheme: result

morpheme_head: result

affix_form: -result-

meaning_definition: consequence | outcome | effect

example_words_list_1: result, resulting, resulted

example_words_corpus: results | resulted | resulting | resultant | resultful | resultive

categorical_group_list: Consequence, Outcome

etymology: From Latin 'resulta' (leap back, recoil), from 'resilire' (to leap back), composed of 're-' (back) + 'salire' (to leap).


morpheme_key: resurge

morpheme: resurge

morpheme_head: resurge

affix_form: -resurge-

meaning_definition: rise again | revive | return to life

example_words_list_1: resurgence, resurgent

example_words_corpus: resurged | resurges | resurgence | resurgences | miniresurgence | miniresurgences

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vitality, Repetition

etymology: Latin resurgere 'to rise again', from re- 'again' + surgere 'to rise'


morpheme_key: resuscitate

morpheme: resuscitate

morpheme_head: resuscitate

affix_form: -resuscitate-

meaning_definition: revive | bring back to life | restore

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Restoration

etymology: Latin resuscitare 'to revive', from re- 'again' + suscitare 'to raise up', from sus- (variant of sub-) 'up' + citare 'to set in motion'


morpheme_key: ret

morpheme: ret

morpheme_head: ret

affix_form: ret-

meaning_definition: a network of interconnected elements

example_words_list_1: reticle | retina | reticulocyte | reticulosis | reticulum | rete | retiary | reticular | reticulated | reticule | retiform

example_words_corpus: rets | retted | dewret | rettery | retting | dewrets

categorical_group_list: Structure, Network

etymology: Latin retis 'net'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: retaliate

morpheme: retaliate

morpheme_head: retaliate

affix_form: -retaliate-

meaning_definition: to return | to avenge | to respond in kind

example_words_list_1: retaliation, retaliatory, retaliator

categorical_group_list: Action, Reciprocity, Conflict

etymology: Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare 'to return in kind', from retia 'nets' + -alere 'to nourish'


morpheme_key: retch

morpheme: retch

morpheme_head: retch

affix_form: -retch-

meaning_definition: to retch | to heave | to gag

example_words_list_1: retch, retchful, retcher

example_words_corpus: retches | retched | retching | retchings | wretchless | wretchlessly

categorical_group_list: Physical sensation, Bodily function

etymology: Middle English retchen, related to dialectal forms of gagging

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: retic

morpheme: retic

morpheme_head: retic

affix_form: retic-

meaning_definition: net

example_words_list_1: reticle, retina, reticulocyte, reticulosis, reticulum

etymology: reticulum, diminutive of rete, net

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: reticulo

morpheme: reticulo

morpheme_head: reticulo

affix_form: reticulo-

allomorphs: reticule

affix_type: prefix

example_words_list_1: reticle | retina | reticulocyte | reticulosis | reticulum

categorical_group_list: Structure, Pattern

etymology: Latin reticulum 'net, netting', diminutive of rete 'net'

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: retina

morpheme: retina

morpheme_head: retina

affix_form: -retina-

meaning_definition: net | network

example_words_list_1: retina

example_words_corpus: retinas | retinal | retinals | retinally | nonretinal | subretinal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Structure

etymology: Latin retina 'net, network'


morpheme_key: retino

morpheme: retino

morpheme_head: retino

affix_form: retino-

allomorphs: retin

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: retina | eye

example_words_list_1: retinology | retinopexy | retinogram | retinoscope | retinoscopy | retinopathy

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Vision

etymology: From Latin 'retina' (net, netting), originally referring to the reticular structure of the choroid layer of the eye.

register: scientific


morpheme_key: retreat

morpheme: retreat

morpheme_head: retreat

affix_form: -retreat-

meaning_definition: to withdraw | to pull back | to recede

example_words_list_1: retreat, retreating, retreated, retrench

example_words_corpus: retreats | retreated | retreater | retreating | retreatant | retreatful

categorical_group_list: Movement, Withdrawal

etymology: Latin retreatus, past participle of retrahere 'to draw back'


morpheme_key: retribution

morpheme: retribution

morpheme_head: retribution

affix_form: -retribution-

meaning_definition: punishment | recompense | vengeance

example_words_list_1: retributive, retributively

categorical_group_list: Action, Justice, Consequence

etymology: Latin retributio, from retributus, past participle of retribuere 'to give back, repay'


morpheme_key: retrieve

morpheme: retrieve

morpheme_head: retrieve

affix_form: -retrieve-

meaning_definition: to get back | to recover | to regain

example_words_list_1: retrieval, retriever

example_words_corpus: retriever | retrieved | retrieves | retrievers | retrieveth | retrievest

categorical_group_list: Action, Recovery

etymology: Latin re- 'back' + Latin trahere 'to draw'


morpheme_key: retro

morpheme: retro

morpheme_head: retro

affix_form: retro-

sense_label: backward

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,verb,noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: toward the rear | in a posterior position | movement away from the front | prior in temporal sequence | spatially posterior

example_words_list_1: retrograde, retroactive, retrofit, retrovision, retroflex

example_words_corpus: retros | retronym | retrofit | retrojet | retroact | retrocue

related_morphemes: extension of re1 / re

categorical_group_list: Direction, Spatial, Temporal

ancestor_etymon: retro | retrō-  OED

etymology: Latin retro 'backward, backwards'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Stein


morpheme_key: retroflex

morpheme: retroflex

morpheme_head: retroflex

affix_form: -retroflex-

meaning_definition: turned backward | reversed

example_words_list_1: retroflex, retroflexion

categorical_group_list: Direction, Phonetics

etymology: From Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere 'to bend back', composed of retro- 'backward' and flectere 'to bend'.


morpheme_key: retrousse

morpheme: retrousse

morpheme_head: retrousse

affix_form: -retrousse-

meaning_definition: turned back | reversed | folded back

example_words_list_1: retrousse

categorical_group_list: Reversal, Motion

etymology: French 'retrousser' (to roll up, to turn back)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: retsina

morpheme: retsina

morpheme_head: retsina

affix_form: -retsina-

meaning_definition: resinated wine | wine flavored with resin

example_words_list_1: retsina

categorical_group_list: Food, Beverage, Substance

etymology: Greek retsina (ρητσίνα) referring to resin

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: return

morpheme: return

morpheme_head: return

affix_form: -return-

meaning_definition: back | again | reverse

example_words_list_1: return, returns, returning

example_words_corpus: returns | returnee | returned | returner | rereturn | returning

categorical_group_list: Reversal, Motion, Repetition

etymology: Latin 'retornare' (to turn back), from 're-' (back) + 'tornare' (to turn)


morpheme_key: rev

morpheme: rev

morpheme_head: rev

affix_form: -rev-

meaning_definition: back | backward | reverse

example_words_list_1: reverse, irreversible, reversion, review

example_words_corpus: revvy | revved | revver | revving | revhead | overrev

categorical_group_list: Direction, Motion, Reversal

etymology: Latin 'rev' < 're-' (back, again) + 'versus' (past participle of 'verto' to turn)


morpheme_key: reveal

morpheme: reveal

morpheme_head: reveal

affix_form: -reveal-

meaning_definition: to make known | to uncover | to disclose

example_words_list_1: reveal, revelation, revealing, unrevealed

example_words_corpus: reveals | revealed | revealer | revealing | revealeth | revealers

categorical_group_list: Perception, Disclosure, Action

etymology: Latin re- 'again, back' + velare 'to cover'


morpheme_key: revel

morpheme: revel

morpheme_head: revel

affix_form: -revel-

meaning_definition: to enjoy greatly | to take great pleasure

example_words_list_1: revel, revelry, reveler

example_words_corpus: revels | revelry | reveled | reveller | revelled | reveling

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Action

etymology: Latin 'revelare' meaning 'to uncover, reveal', from 're-' (intensive) + 'velare' (to cover)


morpheme_key: revenue

morpheme: revenue

morpheme_head: revenue

affix_form: -revenue-

meaning_definition: income | return | proceeds

example_words_list_1: revenue, revenues

example_words_corpus: revenues | revenuer | revenued | revenuers | nonrevenue | unrevenued

categorical_group_list: Finance, Economics

etymology: Latin 'revenire' meaning 'to return, come back'


morpheme_key: rever

morpheme: rever

morpheme_head: rever

affix_form: rever-

sense_label: respect

meaning_definition: admiration | fearful reverence | worship

example_words_list_1: revere | reverence | reverend | irreverent | reverent unrelated: reverie

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Respect

etymology: Greek rhabdos : rod


morpheme_key: reverb

morpheme: reverb

morpheme_head: reverb

affix_form: -reverb-

meaning_definition: echo | repeat | return

example_words_list_1: reverberate, reverberation

categorical_group_list: Repetition, Sound, Motion

etymology: Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare 'to beat back, rebound', from re- 'back' + verberare 'to strike, beat'


morpheme_key: reverberate

morpheme: reverberate

morpheme_head: reverberate

affix_form: -reverberate-

meaning_definition: echo | resound | repeat

example_words_list_1: reverberation, reverberating

categorical_group_list: Sound, Motion, Repetition


morpheme_key: revery

morpheme: revery

morpheme_head: revery

affix_form: -revery-

meaning_definition: reverie | daydream | fantasy

example_words_list_1: reverie, reveries, reveried, reverying

categorical_group_list: Mental State, Imagination, Dreaming

etymology: Middle French reverie, from rever (to dream)


morpheme_key: revile

morpheme: revile

morpheme_head: revile

affix_form: -revile-

meaning_definition: to speak abusively or insultingly of | to revile

example_words_list_1: revile, reviling, reviled

example_words_corpus: reviled | reviles | reviler | revilers | revileth | revilest

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Verbal Action, Hostility

etymology: Latin revillare 'to abuse, revile', from re- (intensive) + villare 'to abuse'


morpheme_key: revoke

morpheme: revoke

morpheme_head: revoke

affix_form: -revoke-

meaning_definition: to take back | to annul | to cancel

example_words_list_1: revocation, revocable, irrevocable

example_words_corpus: revoked | revokes | revoker | revokers | unrevoked | revokement

categorical_group_list: Action, Reversal, Negation

etymology: Latin revocare 'call back', from re- 'back' + vocare 'call'


morpheme_key: revolt

morpheme: revolt

morpheme_head: revolt

affix_form: -revolt-

meaning_definition: to turn back | to rise up against | to rebel

example_words_list_1: revolt, revolting, revolutionary, revoltment

example_words_corpus: revolts | revolted | revolter | revolting | revolteth | revoltest

categorical_group_list: Action, Resistance, Motion

etymology: Latin rebellitus, past participle of rebellāre 'to renew war,' from re- 'again' + bellum 'war'


morpheme_key: revue

morpheme: revue

morpheme_head: revue

affix_form: -revue-

meaning_definition: to look back | to review | to examine

example_words_list_1: review, revue

example_words_corpus: revues

categorical_group_list: Perception, Examination

etymology: French 'revue', from 'revoir' (to see again)


morpheme_key: revulsion

morpheme: revulsion

morpheme_head: revulsion

affix_form: -revulsion-

meaning_definition: strong dislike | disgust | aversion

example_words_list_1: revulsion, revulsive, revulsory

example_words_corpus: revulsions

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disgust

etymology: Latin revulsus, past participle of revellere 'to tear away, pull back', from re- 'back' + vellere 'to pluck, pull'


morpheme_key: reward

morpheme: reward

morpheme_head: reward

affix_form: -reward-

meaning_definition: to give back | recompense | payment for service

example_words_list_1: reward, rewarding, rewarded, rewards

example_words_corpus: rewarded | rewarder | rewarders | rewardeth | rewardest | rewardful

categorical_group_list: Benefit, Reciprocity, Action

etymology: Old French 'rewarder' from 're-' 'again' + 'warder' 'to watch/guard'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: rex

morpheme: rex

morpheme_head: rex

affix_form: rex-

bound_free_or_root: stem

meaning_definition: monarch | frequently applied to denote large or striking animals

example_words_list_1: regal | regency | regicide | Regis | regulation | reign | rex | royal | Examples: Raptorex ("thief king") | Dracorex ("dragon king") | Tyrannosaurus rex ("tyrant lizard king")

example_words_corpus: rexes

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: rex

etymology: Latin rēx (genitive rēgis) 'king'

pronunciation: /rεks/


morpheme_key: rey

morpheme: rey

morpheme_head: rey

affix_form: -rey-

meaning_definition: king | ruler

example_words_list_1: regal, reign, regicide, sovereign, empire

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Leadership, Monarchy

etymology: Latin 'rex' (genitive 'regis') meaning 'king'


morpheme_key: rhabd

morpheme: rhabd

morpheme_head: rhabd

affix_form: rhabd-

allomorphs: rhabd(o)

sense_label: rod

meaning_definition: rod | stick | wand

example_words_list_1: rhabdomancy, rhabdology

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical Object

etymology: Greek rhabdos 'rod, stick'


morpheme_key: rhamno

morpheme: rhamno

morpheme_head: rhamno

affix_form: rhamno-

meaning_definition: nettle | stinging

example_words_list_1: rhamnohexose | rhamnomannan | rhamnohexoses | rhamnomannans | rhamnopyranose | rhamnopyranoses

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Greek rhamnos (ῥάμνος) referring to the nettle plant


morpheme_key: rhapsod

morpheme: rhapsod

morpheme_head: rhapsod

affix_form: -rhapsod-

meaning_definition: extravagant expression | ecstatic song | poetic enthusiasm

example_words_list_1: rhapsody, rhapsodic

categorical_group_list: Expression, Music, Poetry

etymology: Greek rhapsōidos 'reciter of epic poetry'


morpheme_key: rhe

morpheme: rhe

morpheme_head: rhe

affix_form: rhe-

meaning_definition: flow

example_words_list_1: antiarrhythmic, arrhythmia, arrhythmic, diarrhoea, dysrhythmia, endorheic, eurhythmia, eurhythmic, eurhythmy, gonorrhoea, hemorrhea, logorrhea, polyrhythm, rheology, rheometer, rheostat, rheum, rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumatology, rhythm, rhythmic, rhyton

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluidity

etymology: ῥεῖν (rheîn), ῥυτός (rhutós), ῥύσις (rhúsis), ῥεῦμα (rheûma), ῥοία (rhoía), ῥυθμός (rhuthmós)


morpheme_key: rhea

morpheme: rhea

morpheme_head: rhea

affix_form: -rhea-

meaning_definition: stream | surge | split

example_words_list_1: diarrhea, hemorrhage

example_words_list_2: diarrhea, hemorrhage

example_words_corpus: rheas | Rhean

etymology: Greek rheo (ῥέω) "to flow"


morpheme_key: rhen

morpheme: rhen

morpheme_head: rhen

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: the Rhine waterway | the Rhine's river

example_words_list_1: Rhenish | rhenium Variant Spellings: Rhine river (Ger. sp. Rhein) | rhinestone | Rhine river

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin Rhenus, from Celtic *Rēnos

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: rhenish

morpheme: rhenish

morpheme_head: rhenish

affix_form: -rhenish-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the Rhine River or the region of Rhenish Germany

example_words_list_1: Rhenish, Rhenish wine, Rhenish falcon

categorical_group_list: Geography, Adjectival

etymology: from Latin Rhenus (the Rhine river) + -ish

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: rheo

morpheme: rheo

morpheme_head: rheo

affix_form: rheo-

sense_label: flow

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: movement of liquid or fluid | stream or continuous movement | ongoing motion | flowing movement | natural watercourse

example_words_list_1: rheology | rheometer | rheostat | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy | rheotaxis | rheoplankton | rheophile

example_words_corpus: rheostat | rheotome | rheopexy | rheobase | rheocrat | rheometer

ancestor_etymon: ῥέος  OED

etymology: ῥεῖν (rheîn) | ῥυτός (rhutós) | ῥύσις (rhúsis) | ῥεῦμα (rheûma) | ῥοία (rhoía) | ῥυθμός (rhuthmós) | < ancient Greek ῥέος stream | current OED | Greek rheos : current rheein : to flow

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: rhesus

morpheme: rhesus

morpheme_head: rhesus

affix_form: -rhesus-

meaning_definition: rhesus macaque | monkey

example_words_list_1: rhesus

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Biological entity

etymology: from the name of the Hindu god Reshu

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: rhetor

morpheme: rhetor

morpheme_head: rhetor

affix_form: -rhetor-

meaning_definition: verbal expression | spoken communication

example_words_list_1: rhetor, rhetoric, rhetorical, rhetorician

example_words_corpus: rhetors

categorical_group_list: Communication, Expression

etymology: Greek rheuma : a flow, moist discharge; akin to rheein : to flow


morpheme_key: rhetoric

morpheme: rhetoric

morpheme_head: rhetoric

affix_form: -rhetoric-

meaning_definition: art of persuasion | discourse | effective communication

example_words_list_1: rhetorical, rhetorician, rhetoric

example_words_corpus: rhetorics | rhetorician | rhetoricity

categorical_group_list: Communication, Language, Logic

etymology: Greek rhetor "speaker" from rhein "to flow"


morpheme_key: rheum

morpheme: rheum

morpheme_head: rheum

affix_form: -rheum-

meaning_definition: a current | an outflow

example_words_list_1: rheum, rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumy

example_words_corpus: rheumy | rheums | rheumic | enrheum | enrheums | rheumily

related_morphemes: rheo / rheo

categorical_group_list: Fluidity, Biological process

etymology: Greek rheuma 'flow, discharge'


morpheme_key: rheuma

morpheme: rheuma

morpheme_head: rheuma

affix_form: -rheuma-

meaning_definition: flow | discharge | flux

example_words_list_1: rheumatism, diarrhea, rheum


morpheme_key: rhexis

morpheme: rhexis

morpheme_head: rhexis

affix_form: -rhexis

meaning_definition: rend, tear

example_words_list_1: bronchorrhagia, hemorrhage, menorrhagia, regma, rhagades, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rhexis, anarrhexis

example_words_corpus: karyorrhexis | capsulorhexis | keratorrhexis

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Injury, Fragmentation

etymology: ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai), ῥαγίζω, ῥῆξις (rhêxis), ῥῆγμα (rhêgma)


morpheme_key: rhino

morpheme: rhino

morpheme_head: rhino

affix_form: rhino

allomorphs: rhin

sense_label: nose.

meaning_definition: nose | the nose | snout | nasal | relating to the nose

example_words_list_1: rhinoceros, rhinoplasty, rhinovirus

example_words_corpus: rhinolith | rhinology | rhinotomy | rhinotopy | rhinorrhea | rhinoscopy

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific | Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: ῥίς (rhís) | ῥινο-  OED

etymology: From Greek rhīn (nose) via Latin rhin-

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /raɪnə/ /raɪnoʊ̯/, /raɪnəs/

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: rhis

morpheme: rhis

morpheme_head: rhis

affix_form: rhin

meaning_definition: organ for smelling | central facial feature

example_words_list_1: rhinology, rhinoscope

example_words_list_2: rhinology, rhinoscope

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Greek rhis, rhinos 'nose'


morpheme_key: rhiz

morpheme: rhiz

morpheme_head: rhiz

affix_form: rhiz-

allomorphs: rhizo

sense_label: root

meaning_definition: root

example_words_list_1: ectomycorrhiza, rhizoid, rhizomatous, rhizome, rhizomorph, rhizomorphous, rhizophagous, rhizophagy, Rhizopogon, Rhizopus, rhizosphere

categorical_group_list: Biology, Botany, Structure

etymology: ῥίζα (rhíza), ῥιζοῦν (rhizoûn), ῥίζωμα (rhízōma)


morpheme_key: rhizome

morpheme: rhizome

morpheme_head: rhizome

affix_form: -rhizome-

meaning_definition: underground stem | root-like structure

example_words_list_1: rhizomatous

example_words_corpus: rhizomes | rhizomed

categorical_group_list: Botany, Biology

etymology: Greek rhizoma 'mass of roots', from rhizos 'root'


morpheme_key: rho

morpheme: rho

morpheme_head: rho

affix_form: rho-

meaning_definition: R

example_words_list_1: rho | rhotacism | rhotacize | rhotic

example_words_list_2: rho | rhotacism | rhotacize | rhotic

categorical_group_list: Alphabet, Phoneme

etymology: Ρ | ῥῶ (rhô)


morpheme_key: rhod

morpheme: rhod

morpheme_head: rhod

affix_form: rhod-

allomorphs: rhodo

meaning_definition: flower | crimson | rose-like red | pinkish

example_words_list_1: rhododendron | rhodophyte | rhodopsin | rhodophobia | Rhoda | rhodium | rhodolite | rhodora

related_morphemes: ros2 / ros

categorical_group_list: Color, Nature, Botany

etymology: ῥόδον (rhódon) | Greek rhombos : an object that can be turned | akin to rhembein : to turn | to whirl


morpheme_key: rhode

morpheme: rhode

morpheme_head: rhode

affix_form: -rhode-

meaning_definition: island

example_words_list_1: rhodology, rhodonic

categorical_group_list: Geography, Landform

etymology: Greek 'rhōgē' or 'rhōgos' meaning 'island' or 'shore'


morpheme_key: rhododendron

morpheme: rhododendron

morpheme_head: rhododendron

affix_form: -rhododendron-

meaning_definition: rose | tree

example_words_list_1: rhododendron

categorical_group_list: Color, Botany

etymology: Greek rhodon 'rose' + dendron 'tree'


morpheme_key: rhoea

morpheme: rhoea

morpheme_head: rhoea

affix_form: -rhoea

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: condition of | state of | flow

example_words_list_1: diarrhea, rhinorrhea, pyorrhea

categorical_group_list: Medical, Condition

ancestor_etymon: rhea

etymology: Greek -rhoia (flow/discharge)


morpheme_key: rhombi

morpheme: rhombi

morpheme_head: rhombi

affix_form: rhombi-

allomorphs: rhombi | rhombo | rhomb

meaning_definition: rhombus-shaped | diamond-shaped

example_words_list_1: rhombidodecahedron

example_words_corpus: rhombidodecahedron

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

etymology: Greek rhombus (rhombos) "spinning top, whirling motion"


morpheme_key: rhubarb

morpheme: rhubarb

morpheme_head: rhubarb

affix_form: -rhubarb-

meaning_definition: rhubarb (plant)

example_words_list_1: rhubarb

example_words_corpus: rhubarbs | rhubarby | rhubarblike

categorical_group_list: Flora, Food

etymology: From Middle English 'rubarbe', derived from Latin 'rheubarbarum', which comes from Greek 'rheon barbaron' meaning 'barbarian rhubarb' or 'foreign rhubarb'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: rhyme

morpheme: rhyme

morpheme_head: rhyme

affix_form: -rhyme-

meaning_definition: repetition of similar sounds | correspondence of sound

example_words_list_1: rhyme, rhyming, rhymer

example_words_corpus: rhymer | rhymed | rhymey | rhymers | berhyme | rhymery

categorical_group_list: Sound, Pattern, Repetition

etymology: Greek rhomphē "a rhythmic beat"


morpheme_key: rhyncho

morpheme: rhyncho

morpheme_head: rhyncho

affix_form: rhyncho-

allomorphs: rhynch

meaning_definition: snout, beak

example_words_list_1: rhinoceros, rhynchodon

example_words_corpus: rhynchosaur | rhyncholite | rhyncholites | rhynchosaurs | rhynchostome | rhynchokinetic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological structure

etymology: ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos)


morpheme_key: rhyt

morpheme: rhyt

morpheme_head: rhyt

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: furrows | skin creases

example_words_list_1: rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty

example_words_list_2: rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical condition

etymology: Greek rhytis 'wrinkle'


morpheme_key: rhythm

morpheme: rhythm

morpheme_head: rhythm

affix_form: -rhythm-

meaning_definition: regular pattern | movement | flow

example_words_list_1: rhythmic, rhythmically, arrhythmic

example_words_corpus: rhythms | rhythmic | rhythmer | rhythmed | biorhythm | rhythmite

categorical_group_list: Time, Motion, Pattern

etymology: Greek rhythmos "measured motion"


morpheme_key: ri

morpheme: ri

morpheme_head: ri

affix_form: ri-

meaning_definition: laugh, laughter

example_words_list_1: deride, derision, ridicule, ridiculous, risible, riantly

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Expression

etymology: ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus)


morpheme_key: rib

morpheme: rib

morpheme_head: rib

affix_form: -rib-

meaning_definition: bone | lateral part of the thoracic cage

example_words_list_1: rib, ribcage, ribbed, ribs

example_words_corpus: ribby | midrib | ribbed | ribber | riblet | Dogrib

etymology: Old English rīc (bone, rib)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: ribald

morpheme: ribald

morpheme_head: ribald

affix_form: -ribald-

meaning_definition: rude or offensive in a humorous way | coarse | vulgar

example_words_list_1: ribald

example_words_corpus: ribalds | ribaldry | ribaldly | ribaldish | ribaldries

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Character trait

etymology: Middle English ribald (buffoon, rogue)

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: ribbon

morpheme: ribbon

morpheme_head: ribbon

affix_form: -ribbon-

meaning_definition: long narrow strip | band | binding

example_words_list_1: ribbon, ribboned, ribboning

example_words_corpus: ribbons | ribbony | beribbon | ribboned | ribbonry | beribbons

categorical_group_list: Object, Material, Binding

etymology: Old French 'ruban' from 'ruban' (a strip of fabric)


morpheme_key: ribo

morpheme: ribo

morpheme_head: ribo

affix_form: ribo-

sense_label: ribose

meaning_definition: five-carbon sugar | involving ribose

example_words_list_1: deoxyribonucleic acid | riboflavin | ribonucleic acid | ribose | ribosome

example_words_list_2: deoxyribonucleic acid, riboflavin, ribonucleic acid, ribose, ribosome

example_words_corpus: ribosome | ribozyme | ribobase | ribozymes | riboprobe | ribophagy

categorical_group_list: Biochemistry, Carbohydrates

etymology: Greek ribos (ribose)

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: riboflavin

morpheme: riboflavin

morpheme_head: riboflavin

affix_form: -riboflavin-

meaning_definition: vitamin B2 | nutrient

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nutrition

etymology: Modern Latin, coined from 'ribo-' (from ribose) + 'flavin' (from flavus, yellow)


morpheme_key: ric

morpheme: ric

morpheme_head: ric

affix_form: -ric-

sense_label: power, to rule, realm

meaning_definition: authority | govern | domain

example_words_list_1: regal, regime, reign, regicide, sovereign

example_words_corpus: kingric | bishopric | bishoprics | archbishopric | archbishoprics

categorical_group_list: Power, Governance, Domain

etymology: Latin 'rex' (gen. 'regis') meaning 'king'


morpheme_key: ricci

morpheme: ricci

morpheme_head: ricci

affix_form: -ricci-

meaning_definition: curl | twist | wave

example_words_list_1: ricci, crinkle, crisp

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin 'riccus' meaning 'curly' or 'twisted'


morpheme_key: rice

morpheme: rice

morpheme_head: rice

affix_form: -rice-

meaning_definition: grain | cereal | cereal crop

example_words_list_1: rice, ricecake, ricetreat

example_words_corpus: ricer | riced | rices | ricers | nonrice | ricemeal

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: Old English risc


morpheme_key: rich

morpheme: rich

morpheme_head: rich

affix_form: -rich-

meaning_definition: abundant | plentiful | wealthy

example_words_list_1: rich, richness, enrich

example_words_corpus: riches | richly | richer | richen | unrich | richens

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Wealth, Quality

etymology: Old English rīce "powerful, wealthy, important"


morpheme_key: rick

morpheme: rick

morpheme_head: rick

affix_form: -rick-

meaning_definition: small | little | diminutive

example_words_list_1: Rick, Wicker, Hickory

example_words_corpus: ricked | ricker | hayrick | ricking | rickers | rickroll

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Name formation, Germanic

etymology: From Old English '-ric' or '-ricc', a diminutive suffix derived from 'rīce' (kingdom/power) or simply a diminutive agent suffix, often found in names like 'Wick' or 'Rick' (short for Richard).


morpheme_key: rickettsia

morpheme: rickettsia

morpheme_head: rickettsia

affix_form: -rickettsia-

meaning_definition: genus of Gram-negative bacteria | infectious agent

example_words_list_1: rickettsia, rickettsial

categorical_group_list: Biology, Microbiology, Pathogen

etymology: eponym derived from Howard Taylor Ricketts


morpheme_key: rickshaw

morpheme: rickshaw

morpheme_head: rickshaw

affix_form: -rickshaw-

meaning_definition: two-wheeled passenger vehicle | human-powered carriage

example_words_list_1: rickshaw

example_words_corpus: rickshaws | rickshawman | autorickshaw | rickshawlike | autorickshaws

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: Japanese rikusha (人力車), from riki 'human power' + sha 'vehicle'

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese


morpheme_key: rico

morpheme: rico

morpheme_head: rico

affix_form: -rico-

meaning_definition: rich | abundant | plentiful

example_words_list_1: ricochet, ricochetting

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Quality

etymology: Latin 'dives' (rich) + '-icus' (adjective-forming suffix)


morpheme_key: ricochet

morpheme: ricochet

morpheme_head: ricochet

affix_form: -ricochet-

meaning_definition: rebound | bounce back | deflect

example_words_list_1: ricochet, ricocheting, ricocheted

example_words_corpus: ricochets | ricocheted | ricochetal | ricocheting | ricochetting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Impact

etymology: French 'ricochet' (a stone skipping on water)


morpheme_key: rid

morpheme: rid

morpheme_head: rid

affix_form: -rid-

meaning_definition: to emit a loud, sudden sound from amusement | the act or sound of expressing amusement | the action of vocalizing amusement

example_words_list_1: deride | derision | ridicule | ridiculous | risible | riantly

example_words_corpus: rids | ridder | ridded | ridding

related_morphemes: ris / ris

etymology: ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus) | ridere "to laugh" (past participle risus)


morpheme_key: ridden

morpheme: ridden

morpheme_head: ridden

affix_form: -ridden

allomorphs: -ridden

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: subordinated to | limited to the first element's meaning

example_words_list_1: bedridden | class-ridden | germ-ridden

example_words_list_2: bedridden, class-ridden, germ-ridden

example_words_corpus: crimeridden | unoverridden | nonoverridden

categorical_group_list: Affliction, State of being

ancestor_etymon: ridden

etymology: etymology taken from bedridden, adj. definition 3(b) OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: riddle

morpheme: riddle

morpheme_head: riddle

affix_form: -riddle-

meaning_definition: puzzle | enigma | mystery

example_words_list_1: riddle, riddling, riddler

example_words_corpus: riddled | riddler | unriddle | unriddlers

categorical_group_list: Mystery, Cognition

etymology: Old English rædels 'riddle, enigma'


morpheme_key: ridere

morpheme: ridere

morpheme_head: ridere

affix_form: rid

allomorphs: risum | ris

meaning_definition: to mock | to deride

example_words_list_1: derision, ridicule, risible, deride

example_words_list_2: derision, ridicule, risible, deride

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin rīsus (past participle of rīdēre 'to laugh')


morpheme_key: ridge

morpheme: ridge

morpheme_head: ridge

affix_form: -ridge-

meaning_definition: long narrow elevated strip | crest | edge

example_words_list_1: ridged, ridgeline, ridgedness

example_words_corpus: ridged | enridge | upridge | upridged | ridgetop | enridged

categorical_group_list: Topography, Shape, Physical feature

etymology: Old English rīc (ridge, crest, or line)


morpheme_key: ridicule

morpheme: ridicule

morpheme_head: ridicule

affix_form: -ridicule-

meaning_definition: mock | deride | make fun of

example_words_list_1: ridiculous, ridiculed, ridiculousness

example_words_corpus: ridiculed | ridicules | ridiculer | ridiculers | ridiculeth | ridiculest

categorical_group_list: Derision, Emotion

etymology: Latin ridiculus 'laughable, mockable', from rīdēre 'to laugh'


morpheme_key: riding

morpheme: riding

morpheme_head: riding

affix_form: -riding-

meaning_definition: to sit on | to be carried by | to travel on

example_words_list_1: riding, rider, rides

example_words_corpus: nonriding | lowriding

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transportation

etymology: Old English ridan "to ride, travel on horseback"


morpheme_key: rife

morpheme: rife

morpheme_head: rife

affix_form: -rife-

meaning_definition: abundant | widespread | prevalent

example_words_list_1: rife

example_words_corpus: rifely | rifeness | overrife

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Prevalence

etymology: Middle English rife (meaning 'ready' or 'prepared')


morpheme_key: riff

morpheme: riff

morpheme_head: riff

affix_form: -riff-

meaning_definition: to play a musical instrument (especially guitar) rapidly or skillfully | to engage in rapid, skilled activity

example_words_list_1: riff, riffs, riffing, riffed, guitarist

example_words_corpus: riffy | riffed | midriff | riffage | riffing | midriffs

categorical_group_list: Music, Action, Skill

etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly from 'riff-raff' or onomatopoeic for musical repetition, first attested as a verb in the 1930s jazz context.


morpheme_key: riffic

morpheme: riffic

morpheme_head: riffic

affix_form: -riffic

meaning_definition: characterized by | having the qualities of

example_words_list_1: riffic, phat, fly

categorical_group_list: Evaluative, Slang, Adjective-forming

etymology: From the suffix -ic combined with the slang prefix riff- (meaning excellent or cool), popularized in late 20th-century American English.


morpheme_key: riffle

morpheme: riffle

morpheme_head: riffle

affix_form: -riffle-

meaning_definition: to move quickly | to shuffle | to stir up

example_words_list_1: riffle

example_words_corpus: riffler | riffled | riffles | rifflers | unriffled

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Middle English riflen, from Old French rifler 'to ruffle, stir up', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rifelen and German riefeln.


morpheme_key: riffraff

morpheme: riffraff

morpheme_head: riffraff

affix_form: -riffraff-

meaning_definition: disreputable people | low-class individuals | rabble

example_words_list_1: riffraff

example_words_corpus: riffraffs | riffraffish

categorical_group_list: People, Social Class, Derogatory

etymology: Likely reduplication of 'riff' (slang for person/fragment)


morpheme_key: rifle

morpheme: rifle

morpheme_head: rifle

affix_form: -rifle-

meaning_definition: long gun | firearm

example_words_list_1: rifle, rifled, rifling

example_words_corpus: rifled | rifler | rifles | riflery | riflers | riflemen

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Tool

etymology: French 'fusil' (musket)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: rift

morpheme: rift

morpheme_head: rift

affix_form: -rift-

meaning_definition: a break or crack | to tear apart

example_words_list_1: rift, rifting, riftdrift

example_words_corpus: rifts | riftless | riftsawn | paleorift

categorical_group_list: Separation, Fracture, Void

etymology: Old English rīfan "to tear, rend"


morpheme_key: rig

morpheme: rig

morpheme_head: rig

affix_form: -rig-

meaning_definition: linear | unmediated | align | govern | rectify | guide | rigid

example_words_list_1: rigid, rigidity, rigidify, rigidly

example_words_corpus: rigs | unrig | rerig | rigger | rigged | oilrig

related_morphemes: rect / rect / : right / right

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'rigidus' (stiff, rigid), from 'rigere' (to make straight, to be stiff)


morpheme_key: rigere

morpheme: rigere

morpheme_head: rigere

affix_form: rig

allomorphs: rig

meaning_definition: to stiffen | to lose sensation

example_words_list_1: rigor, rigorous, rigid, rigidty

example_words_list_2: rigor, rigorous, rigid, rigidty

etymology: Latin 'rigere' meaning 'to be stiff'


morpheme_key: rigid

morpheme: rigid

morpheme_head: rigid

affix_form: -rigid-

meaning_definition: stiff | unyielding | inflexible

example_words_list_1: rigidity, rigidify, rigidness

example_words_corpus: rigids | rigidly | unrigid | rigidity | nonrigid | rigidify

categorical_group_list: Physical property, Texture, Stability

etymology: Latin rigidus 'stiff, rigid', from rigere 'to stand stiff'


morpheme_key: rigor

morpheme: rigor

morpheme_head: rigor

affix_form: -rigor-

meaning_definition: stiffness | severity | strictness

example_words_list_1: rigorous, rigorism, rigor mortis

example_words_corpus: rigors | rigored | rigorous | rigorize | rigorism | rigorise

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Severity

etymology: From Latin rigor 'stiffness, rigidity, strictness'


morpheme_key: rile

morpheme: rile

morpheme_head: rile

affix_form: -rile-

meaning_definition: anger | rage | fury

example_words_list_1: rile, riled, riling, riles

example_words_corpus: riled | riles | riley | unriled | rilesome

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Anger

etymology: From Old French 'ire' meaning anger, from Latin 'ira'


morpheme_key: rill

morpheme: rill

morpheme_head: rill

affix_form: -rill-

meaning_definition: small stream | brook

example_words_list_1: rill

example_words_corpus: rills | interrill

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: Middle English rill, from Old English rille


morpheme_key: rim

morpheme: rim

morpheme_head: rim

affix_form: -rim-

meaning_definition: edge | border | margin

example_words_list_1: rim, brim, brimmed

example_words_corpus: rims | rimmer | rimmed | rimfire | rimming | rimless

categorical_group_list: Boundary, Spatial

etymology: Old English rīm 'edge, border'


morpheme_key: rind

morpheme: rind

morpheme_head: rind

affix_form: -rind-

meaning_definition: outer layer | skin | bark

example_words_list_1: rind

example_words_corpus: rinds | rindy | rinded | millrind | rindless | millrinds

categorical_group_list: Surface, Covering, Nature

etymology: Old English rind 'bark, skin, or crust'


morpheme_key: ring

morpheme: ring

morpheme_head: ring

affix_form: -ring-

meaning_definition: circle | loop | circular object

example_words_list_1: ring, earring, keyring

example_words_corpus: rings | ringy | ringer | coring | ringed | unring

categorical_group_list: Shape, Object

etymology: From Old English 'ring' (a ring, circle), from Proto-Germanic '*hringaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*ker- (to turn, bend).


morpheme_key: rink

morpheme: rink

morpheme_head: rink

affix_form: -rink-

meaning_definition: ice | frozen water

example_words_list_1: rink, ice rink, roller rink, skating rink

example_words_corpus: rinks | rinker | rinkers | rinking | rinkside | rinksides

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, State

etymology: Old English 'rync' meaning 'ice' or 'frozen surface'


morpheme_key: rinse

morpheme: rinse

morpheme_head: rinse

affix_form: -rinse-

meaning_definition: to wash | to clean with water

example_words_list_1: rinse, rinsing, rinsed

example_words_corpus: rinses | rinsed | rinser | rinsers | rerinse | unrinsed

categorical_group_list: Action, Cleaning

etymology: Middle English rinsen, from Old English rincian


morpheme_key: rio

morpheme: rio

morpheme_head: rio

affix_form: -rio-

meaning_definition: river

example_words_list_1: rioja, riolite, riometer

example_words_corpus: rios

categorical_group_list: Water, Geography, Nature

etymology: Latin 'rius' meaning 'of a river' or 'pertaining to a river', derived from 'rius' (stream, brook).


morpheme_key: riot

morpheme: riot

morpheme_head: riot

affix_form: -riot-

meaning_definition: to rise up in rebellion | to engage in violent disorder

example_words_list_1: riot, rioter, rioting

example_words_corpus: riots | ariot | rioted | rioter | riotry | riotous

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Disorder, Violence

etymology: Old French rioter 'to riot, rebel', from riot 'tumult, uproar'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: rip

morpheme: rip

morpheme_head: rip

affix_form: -rip-

meaning_definition: to tear | to pull apart

example_words_list_1: rip, ripping, ripped

example_words_corpus: rips | riped | unrip | ripper | ripple | ripped

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction

etymology: Old English rīpian


morpheme_key: riparia

morpheme: riparia

morpheme_head: riparia

affix_form: riparia-

example_words_list_1: riparian

example_words_list_2: riparian

etymology: Latin riparius 'of the bank', from ripa 'bank, shore'


morpheme_key: riparian

morpheme: riparian

morpheme_head: riparian

affix_form: -riparian-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the bank of a river

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geography, Water

etymology: from Latin ripa 'bank of a river' + -arian


morpheme_key: ripple

morpheme: ripple

morpheme_head: ripple

affix_form: -ripple-

meaning_definition: small wave | undulation | concentric disturbance on a surface

example_words_list_1: ripple, rippled, rippling

example_words_corpus: ripplers | unrippled | nanoripples | megaripples

categorical_group_list: Motion, Water, Pattern

etymology: imitative of the sound or movement of water


morpheme_key: rise

morpheme: rise

morpheme_head: rise

affix_form: -rise-

meaning_definition: ascend | move upward | increase

example_words_list_1: arise, uprising, sunrise

example_words_corpus: arise | risen | rises | riser | rised | arisen

categorical_group_list: Motion, Upward, Increase

etymology: Old English rīsan 'to rise, get up'


morpheme_key: risen

morpheme: risen

morpheme_head: risen

affix_form: -risen-

meaning_definition: upward movement | increase | ascend

example_words_list_1: arisen, arisen

categorical_group_list: Motion, Verticality, Increase

etymology: Old English risan 'to rise, get up'


morpheme_key: risi

morpheme: risi

morpheme_head: risi

affix_form: risi-

allomorphs: ris

meaning_definition: laugh | laughter

example_words_list_1: deride | derision | ridicule | ridiculous | risible | riantly

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Expression

etymology: ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus)


morpheme_key: risible

morpheme: risible

morpheme_head: risible

affix_form: -risible-

meaning_definition: laughable | provoking laughter

example_words_list_1: risible

example_words_corpus: risibles | irrisible | risibleness

categorical_group_list: Laughter, Emotion

etymology: Latin rīsus (past participle of rīdēre 'to laugh') + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives meaning 'capable of being')


morpheme_key: risk

morpheme: risk

morpheme_head: risk

affix_form: -risk-

meaning_definition: danger | peril | uncertainty

example_words_list_1: risk, risky, riskiness

example_words_corpus: risky | risks | risked | risker | derisk | risking

categorical_group_list: Danger, Uncertainty

etymology: From Old French 'risque', likely from Italian 'rischio' or Medieval Latin 'risicum', ultimately from Arabic 'rīsh' meaning 'to shake' or 'to tremble'.


morpheme_key: risotto

morpheme: risotto

morpheme_head: risotto

affix_form: -risotto-

meaning_definition: risotto

example_words_list_1: risotto

categorical_group_list: Food, Rice dish

etymology: Italian risotto, from riso 'rice' + -otto (diminutive suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: risque

morpheme: risque

morpheme_head: risque

affix_form: -risque-

meaning_definition: risky | daring | indecent

example_words_list_1: risqué

example_words_corpus: risques

categorical_group_list: Danger, Social behavior

etymology: French 'risqué' from 'risquer' 'to risk'


morpheme_key: rissole

morpheme: rissole

morpheme_head: rissole

affix_form: -rissole-

meaning_definition: small fried patty | breaded meat or vegetable

example_words_list_1: rissole

example_words_corpus: rissoles

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: French 'rissole' (small fritter)

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: rite

morpheme: rite

morpheme_head: rite

affix_form: -rite-

allomorphs: rit

meaning_definition: ceremony | ritual | custom

example_words_list_1: rite, ritual, ritualistic

example_words_corpus: rites | ritely | bedrite | riteless | ritelessness

categorical_group_list: Action, Ceremony

etymology: Latin ritus 'custom, usage, ceremony'


morpheme_key: ritter

morpheme: ritter

morpheme_head: ritter

affix_form: -ritter-

meaning_definition: knight | rider

example_words_list_1: Ritter, Rittertum, Ritterlichkeit, Rittergut, Ritterorden

example_words_corpus: ritters

categorical_group_list: Social status, Combat, Nobility

etymology: From Old High German ritter, from Proto-Germanic *ridara- (rider), from the root *red- (to ride, to lead)


morpheme_key: ritual

morpheme: ritual

morpheme_head: ritual

affix_form: -ritual-

meaning_definition: ceremony | religious rite | prescribed procedure

example_words_list_1: ritualistic, ritualize, ritualism

example_words_corpus: ritually | ritualism | ritualize | ritualist | rituality | nonritual

categorical_group_list: Action, Ceremony, Religion

etymology: Latin ritus 'rite, ceremony'


morpheme_key: rium

morpheme: rium

morpheme_head: rium

affix_form: -rium

meaning_definition: place

example_words_list_1: aquarium, auditorium, delirium

example_words_list_2: aquarium, auditorium, delirium

categorical_group_list: Location, Collection

etymology: Latin suffix -rium derived from neuter singular of -ius, denoting a place associated with or intended for something


morpheme_key: riv

morpheme: riv

morpheme_head: riv

affix_form: riv-

sense_label: river

meaning_definition: watercourse

example_words_list_1: derive | derivation | rival | rivulet | arrival | arrive | derivative | rivalry | river | riverine | Riviera | rivulet Variant Spellings: riparian | riparian

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'rivus' meaning 'stream' or 'brook'


morpheme_key: rival

morpheme: rival

morpheme_head: rival

affix_form: -rival-

meaning_definition: competitor | opponent | adversary

example_words_list_1: rival, rivalry, unrivaled

example_words_corpus: rivals | rivalry | rivaled | corival | rivalled | rivaling

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Competition

etymology: Latin rivalis 'one who uses the same stream as another', from rivus 'stream'


morpheme_key: rivalry

morpheme: rivalry

morpheme_head: rivalry

affix_form: -rivalry-

meaning_definition: competition | contention | conflict

example_words_list_1: rival, rivalrous, rivalry

etymology: Latin rivalis 'one who uses the same stream as another', from rivalere 'to vie'


morpheme_key: riven

morpheme: riven

morpheme_head: riven

affix_form: -riven-

meaning_definition: split | torn | separated

example_words_list_1: riven

categorical_group_list: Separation, Destruction

etymology: Old English rīfan "to tear, rend"


morpheme_key: river

morpheme: river

morpheme_head: river

affix_form: -river-

meaning_definition: a natural flowing watercourse

example_words_list_1: riverbank, riverbed, riverboat, riverine, riverway

example_words_corpus: rivers | rivery | upriver | riveret | riverbed | riverine

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: Old English rīfer


morpheme_key: rivet

morpheme: rivet

morpheme_head: rivet

affix_form: -rivet-

meaning_definition: fasten | join | secure

example_words_list_1: rivet, riveting, riveted

example_words_corpus: riveted | riveter | unrivet | riveting | riveters | unrivets

categorical_group_list: Connection, Fastening

etymology: Middle English rivet, from Old French rivette


morpheme_key: riviera

morpheme: riviera

morpheme_head: riviera

affix_form: -riviera-

meaning_definition: Riviera

example_words_list_1: Riviera, French Riviera, Italian Riviera

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nature

etymology: From Ligurian 'riviera' meaning 'coastline', derived from Latin 'ripa' (bank/shore)


morpheme_key: rix

morpheme: rix

morpheme_head: rix

affix_form: -rix

meaning_definition: female | queen | female ruler

example_words_list_1: mentrix | executrix | narratrix | ancestrix | objectrix | ministrix

categorical_group_list: Feminine-forming suffix

etymology: Forms feminine


morpheme_key: ro

morpheme: ro

morpheme_head: ro

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: renown | celebrity status

example_words_list_1: Robert | robin | Robyn | Roderick | Roger | Roland | Rolf Variant Spellings: Rudolph | Rupert | Rudolph

etymology: Derived from elements meaning 'fame' or 'glory'


morpheme_key: roach

morpheme: roach

morpheme_head: roach

affix_form: roach

meaning_definition: a species of fish (Rutilus rutilus) | resembling a roach | part of compound terms

example_words_list_1: roaches | roached | roachlike | roboroach

etymology: from Latin rutilus, the name of the fish

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: road

morpheme: road

morpheme_head: road

affix_form: -road-

meaning_definition: path | way | route

example_words_list_1: roadway, roadside, railroad

example_words_corpus: roads | roadie | byroad | roaded | roader | onroad

categorical_group_list: Path, Movement, Infrastructure

etymology: Old English rād (riding, journey, course)


morpheme_key: roam

morpheme: roam

morpheme_head: roam

affix_form: -roam-

meaning_definition: wander | move aimlessly | travel without destination

example_words_list_1: roam, roaming, roamed

example_words_corpus: roamed | roamer | roaming | roamers | roameth | roamest

categorical_group_list: Movement, Motion

etymology: Middle English romen, from Old French romer


morpheme_key: roan

morpheme: roan

morpheme_head: roan

affix_form: -roan-

meaning_definition: red | reddish

example_words_list_1: roan, rufous, ruddy

example_words_corpus: roans

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin 'rūfus' meaning 'red, reddish, yellowish'


morpheme_key: roar

morpheme: roar

morpheme_head: roar

affix_form: -roar-

meaning_definition: loud deep sound | to make a loud sound

example_words_list_1: roar, roaring, roarer

example_words_corpus: roars | aroar | roared | roarer | roaring | roareth

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior

etymology: Middle English roren, from Old English rōrian


morpheme_key: roaringest

morpheme: roaringest

morpheme_head: roaringest

affix_form: -roaringest-

meaning_definition: to make a loud, deep, prolonged sound

example_words_list_1: roar, roaring, roared

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animalistic, Intensity

etymology: imitative of the sound of a lion or wind


morpheme_key: roast

morpheme: roast

morpheme_head: roast

affix_form: -roast-

meaning_definition: to cook with dry heat | to criticize severely

example_words_list_1: roast, roasted, roasting

example_words_corpus: roasts | roasty | broast | roasted | roaster | reroast

categorical_group_list: Cooking, Criticism

etymology: Middle English rosten, from Old English hrōtan


morpheme_key: rob

morpheme: rob

morpheme_head: rob

affix_form: -rob-

meaning_definition: a kind of tree | signifying strength

example_words_list_1: corroborate, Paso Robles, roble, roborant, robust

example_words_corpus: robs | torob | berob | robber | robbed | berobs

categorical_group_list: Nature, Strength

etymology: Latin robur 'oak tree, strength'


morpheme_key: robe

morpheme: robe

morpheme_head: robe

affix_form: -robe-

meaning_definition: outer garment | clothing

example_words_list_1: robe, bathrobe, dressing-robe

example_words_corpus: robed | enrobe | unrobe | enrobed | enrobes | unrobes

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Old French robe 'garment, gown'


morpheme_key: robin

morpheme: robin

morpheme_head: robin

affix_form: -robin-

meaning_definition: robin (bird)

example_words_list_1: robin, robins

example_words_corpus: robins | wakerobin | wakerobins

categorical_group_list: Bird, Animal, Proper Noun

etymology: From Old English 'rōbyn', of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French 'rouget' (red) referring to the bird's breast.


morpheme_key: robo

morpheme: robo

morpheme_head: robo

affix_form: robo-

meaning_definition: robot | automated | mechanical

example_words_list_1: robopet | robodoc | robocar | robodog | robocat | robocop

categorical_group_list: Technology, Automation

etymology: Czech 'robota' (forced labor/drudgery)

ancestor_etymon_language: Czech


morpheme_key: robor

morpheme: robor

morpheme_head: robor

affix_form: robor-

meaning_definition: deciduous tree | power | enhance

example_words_list_1: corroborant | corroborate | corroboration | corroborative | corroborator | robust

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: robor

etymology: rōborāre ~to strengthen~ | from rōbur | rōbus ~strength~ | rōborāre "to strengthen" | rōbus "strength"


morpheme_key: robot

morpheme: robot

morpheme_head: robot

affix_form: -robot-

meaning_definition: automaton | machine | artificial being

example_words_list_1: robotics, robotic, robotize

example_words_corpus: biorobots | robotizes | robotized | robotised | robotises | roboteers

categorical_group_list: Technology, Automata

etymology: Czech 'robota' meaning 'forced labor' or 'drudgery'


morpheme_key: robust

morpheme: robust

morpheme_head: robust

affix_form: -robust-

meaning_definition: strong | sturdy | tough | healthy

example_words_list_1: robustness

example_words_corpus: robustly | unrobust | robustify | nonrobust | robustize | robustity

categorical_group_list: Strength, Durability

etymology: Latin robustus 'made of robus (elderberry wood, hence hard/tough)', from robur 'oak, hardness'


morpheme_key: rock

morpheme: rock

morpheme_head: rock

affix_form: -rock-

sense_label: stone

meaning_definition: stone | mineral | solid mass

example_words_list_1: rocky, bedrock, rockslide

example_words_corpus: rocky | rocks | wrock | rocker | rocked | bedrock

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Old English 'rocc' or 'rocc' (related to stone/hard mass)


morpheme_key: rocket

morpheme: rocket

morpheme_head: rocket

affix_form: -rocket-

meaning_definition: projectile | propulsion | rapid movement

example_words_list_1: rocket, rocketry, rocketship, rocketman, rocketed

example_words_corpus: rockets | rocketry | rocketed | rocketer | rocketeer | skyrocket

categorical_group_list: Motion, Technology, Projectile

etymology: From French 'roquette', diminutive of 'roque' (rock), referring to the projectile's shape or trajectory.


morpheme_key: rococo

morpheme: rococo

morpheme_head: rococo

affix_form: -rococo-

meaning_definition: ornate | highly decorative | elaborate

example_words_list_1: rococo

categorical_group_list: Style, Ornamentation

etymology: French rocaille 'rockwork, shellwork', from roc 'rock'


morpheme_key: rod

morpheme: rod

morpheme_head: rod

affix_form: -rod-

meaning_definition: to nibble | to bite repeatedly

example_words_list_1: corrode | corrosion | erode | erosion | rodent

example_words_corpus: rods | roddy | ramrod | rodman | flyrod | rodlet

related_morphemes: ros1 / ros

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Consumption

etymology: Latin 'rodere' meaning 'to gnaw, bite, eat away'


morpheme_key: rodent

morpheme: rodent

morpheme_head: rodent

affix_form: -rodent-

meaning_definition: gnawing | teeth | rodentia

example_words_list_1: rodent, rodentia

example_words_corpus: rodents | rodenty | nonrodent | rodential | rodentlike | nonrodents

categorical_group_list: Animals, Biology

etymology: Latin rodere 'to gnaw, gnaw at'


morpheme_key: roentgen

morpheme: roentgen

morpheme_head: roentgen

affix_form: -roentgen-

allomorphs: roentgeno

meaning_definition: unit of ionizing radiation | radiation dose

example_words_list_1: roentgen, roentgens

example_words_corpus: roentgenized | roentgenologist | roentgenological | roentgenologists | gynoroentgenology

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Physics, Science

etymology: named after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: rog

morpheme: rog

morpheme_head: rog

affix_form: -rog-

meaning_definition: inquire | command | remove | suggest | implore | solicit

example_words_list_1: interrogate, prerogative, derogation, abrogate

example_words_corpus: rogs

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Request, Legal/Formal

etymology: Latin root rog- from verb rogare 'to ask, propose, request'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: rogare

morpheme: rogare

morpheme_head: rogare

affix_form: rog

allomorphs: rog

meaning_definition: request | extend the hand

example_words_list_1: arrogance

example_words_list_2: arrogance

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Motion

etymology: Latin rogare 'to ask, propose'


morpheme_key: rogat

morpheme: rogat

morpheme_head: rogat

affix_form: rogat-

meaning_definition: ask | demand | take away

example_words_list_1: interrogate, prerogative, derogate

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Command

etymology: rogāre


morpheme_key: rogue

morpheme: rogue

morpheme_head: rogue

affix_form: -rogue-

meaning_definition: dishonest | trickster | dishonest person

example_words_list_1: rogue, roguery, roguish

example_words_corpus: rogues | rogued | roguery | comrogue | roguedom | roguelike

categorical_group_list: Agent, Character trait

etymology: Middle English 'rogue' (vagabond, rascal)


morpheme_key: roister

morpheme: roister

morpheme_head: roister

affix_form: -roister-

meaning_definition: to revel | to behave boisterously | to carouse

example_words_list_1: roisterer, roistering

example_words_corpus: roisters | roisterer | roistered | roisterly | roisterers | roistering

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Social activity

etymology: From Middle French roister, from Old French roisier 'to make noise, revel', possibly from Frankish *hrosjan 'to roar' or related to Old French rois 'king' (implying kingly revelry).


morpheme_key: role

morpheme: role

morpheme_head: role

affix_form: -role-

allomorphs: rol

meaning_definition: part | function | position | character

example_words_list_1: role, roles

example_words_corpus: roles | roled | subrole | roleplay | roleless | subroles

categorical_group_list: Identity, Function

etymology: From Old French 'role' (list, record, part), from Vulgar Latin 'rotulus' (little roll), diminutive of Latin 'rota' (wheel).


morpheme_key: roll

morpheme: roll

morpheme_head: roll

affix_form: -roll-

meaning_definition: circular object for movement | to move by rotating

example_words_list_1: enroll, roll, rollaway, rollback, roller, rollway, rollout, rollover, rollmops

example_words_corpus: rolls | rolly | unroll | roller | rollie | reroll

related_morphemes: rol / rol, roul / roul

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape

etymology: Old French 'rolle' (a strip of parchment, a cylinder)


morpheme_key: rollick

morpheme: rollick

morpheme_head: rollick

affix_form: -rollick-

meaning_definition: to behave in a lively and playful manner | to frolic

example_words_list_1: rollicking

example_words_corpus: rollicks | rollicky | rollicked | rollicker | rollicking | rollicksome

categorical_group_list: Motion, Emotion, Behavior

etymology: Middle English rollyken, likely imitative


morpheme_key: romance

morpheme: romance

morpheme_head: romance

affix_form: -romance-

meaning_definition: love | affection | romantic interest

example_words_list_1: Romance, Romance-language

example_words_corpus: romances | romancer | romanced | bromance | romancers | bromances

categorical_group_list: Linguistic, Heritage

etymology: Latin 'romantia' (story of adventure) or 'romance' (poetic composition), derived from Old French 'romanz', ultimately from Vulgar Latin 'Romanicus' (of Rome/Roman)


morpheme_key: romano

morpheme: romano

morpheme_head: roman

affix_form: -romano-

allomorphs: Romano | romano

sense_label: Roman

meaning_definition: Roman | of Rome | Roman citizen

example_words_list_1: Roman Empire, Roman numerals, Roman Catholic, Romanesco

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Origin, Identity

etymology: From Latin 'Romanus', derived from 'Roma' (the city of Rome)


morpheme_key: romantic

morpheme: romantic

morpheme_head: romantic

affix_form: -romantic-

meaning_definition: of or relating to romance | characterized by idealized love or passion

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Affection

etymology: from Latin 'romanticus', derived from 'Roma' (Rome) + '-antikos' (suffix forming adjectives), originally meaning 'of or pertaining to the romance languages or literature'


morpheme_key: romany

morpheme: romany

morpheme_head: romany

affix_form: -romany-

meaning_definition: Romani | Roma | Gypsy

example_words_list_1: Romani, Romany, Romani people

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Identity

etymology: From Romani language

ancestor_etymon_language: Romani

etymological_family: Romani


morpheme_key: rome

morpheme: rome

morpheme_head: rome

affix_form: -rome-

meaning_definition: Rome | Roman

example_words_list_1: Roman, Romanesque, Romulus

example_words_corpus: Romes | Romeward | Romescot | Romewards

categorical_group_list: Geography, Culture, Proper Noun

etymology: From Latin 'Roma', the name of the city and its inhabitants.


morpheme_key: romp

morpheme: romp

morpheme_head: romp

affix_form: -romp-

meaning_definition: play | frolic | move energetically

example_words_list_1: romp

example_words_corpus: romps | rompy | romper | romped | romping | rompish

categorical_group_list: Motion, Play

etymology: From Old French 'rompre' (to break, break up), from Latin 'rumpere' (to break). The English verb 'romp' likely derives from the notion of breaking through or breaking loose in play.


morpheme_key: ron

morpheme: ron

morpheme_head: ron

affix_form: -ron-

sense_label: not

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: atypical, anonymous, amoral, asymmetrical, apolitical

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant) meaning 'not' or 'without'


morpheme_key: rondo

morpheme: rondo

morpheme_head: rondo

affix_form: -rondo-

meaning_definition: round | circle | cycle

example_words_list_1: rondo, round, rotate, rotation, circuit

example_words_corpus: rondos

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry, Motion

etymology: Latin 'rotundus' meaning 'round', from 'rota' (wheel)


morpheme_key: roo

morpheme: roo

morpheme_head: roo

affix_form: -roo-

meaning_definition: eye

example_words_list_1: panopticon, optic, dioptrics, macroscopic, microscopic

example_words_corpus: roos | roolie | rooburger | rooburgers

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Vision, Body part

etymology: Greek 'ōps' (genitive 'ōpos') meaning 'eye' or 'face'


morpheme_key: rood

morpheme: rood

morpheme_head: rood

affix_form: -rood-

meaning_definition: cross

example_words_list_1: rood, roodloft

example_words_corpus: roods | Holyrood

categorical_group_list: Shape, Symbolism

etymology: Old English rōd 'cross, crucifix'


morpheme_key: roof

morpheme: roof

morpheme_head: roof

affix_form: -roof-

meaning_definition: top covering | upper part of a structure

example_words_list_1: roof, rooftop, roofless

example_words_corpus: roofs | roofy | roofed | unroof | reroof | deroof

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Shelter, Structure

etymology: Old English rōf 'top, upper part'


morpheme_key: rook

morpheme: rook

morpheme_head: rook

affix_form: -rook-

meaning_definition: rook (chess piece) | rook (bird) | to pilfer

example_words_list_1: rook

example_words_corpus: rooky | rooks | rookie | rooked | rooker | rookery

categorical_group_list: Games, Animals

etymology: Old French roc 'chess piece', from Persian rukh 'chariot'


morpheme_key: room

morpheme: room

morpheme_head: room

affix_form: -room-

meaning_definition: space | area | chamber

example_words_list_1: classroom, showroom, storeroom

example_words_corpus: roomy | rooms | roomie | roomer | roomed | Roomba

categorical_group_list: Space, Physicality

etymology: Old English rūm "space, extent, or unoccupied area"


morpheme_key: roost

morpheme: roost

morpheme_head: roost

affix_form: -roost-

meaning_definition: rest | perch | place of rest

example_words_list_1: roost, roosting, roostery

example_words_corpus: roosts | aroost | rooster | roosted | unroost | roosting

categorical_group_list: Action, Location, Avian

etymology: Middle English roost, from Old French restre

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: rope

morpheme: rope

morpheme_head: rope

affix_form: -rope-

meaning_definition: cord | strand | fiber | binding

example_words_list_1: rope, roping, ropes, roped

example_words_corpus: roped | ropes | roper | ropery | ropers | unrope

categorical_group_list: Material, Tool, Binding

etymology: Old English rōp


morpheme_key: ros

morpheme: ros

morpheme_head: ros

affix_form: ros-

sense_label: gnaw

meaning_definition: gnaw | gnaw

example_words_list_1: corrode | corrosion | erode | erosion | rodent | corrosive | erose

related_morphemes: rod / rod / : rostr / rostr

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction

etymology: Latin rosus (past participle of rodere) 'gnawed'


affix_form: -ros-

allomorphs: rosa

sense_label: rose, pink, red

meaning_definition: a rose-colored hue | a light red shade | a vivid crimson tone

example_words_list_1: Barbarossa, rosarian, rosary, rose, roseate, rosette, Rosicrucian, rosy, Testarossa, vin rosé unrelated: rosemary

related_morphemes: rhod / rhod

categorical_group_list: Color, Flora

etymology: Latin rōsa 'rose' (flower)


morpheme_key: rostrum

morpheme: rostrum

morpheme_head: rostrum

affix_form: -rostrum-

allomorphs: rostr | rostro

meaning_definition: beak | snout | prominence

example_words_list_1: rostrum, rostrum-like

example_words_corpus: rostrums

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape

etymology: Latin rostrum 'beak, rostrum of a ship'


morpheme_key: rot

morpheme: rot

morpheme_head: rot

affix_form: rot-

allomorphs: rota | roto

sense_label: wheel

meaning_definition: a circular object used for motion | to move by rotating | circular in shape

example_words_list_1: rotate, rotation, rotary, revolver

example_words_corpus: rots | rotes | roted | rotten | rotgut | rotted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Circular

etymology: Latin 'rot-' stem of 'rota' meaning 'wheel'


morpheme_key: rotare

morpheme: rotare

morpheme_head: rotare

affix_form: rota

allomorphs: rotatus | rota

meaning_definition: rotate | a rotating disc | having rotated

example_words_list_1: rotation, rotary, rotor, rotund

example_words_list_2: rotation, rotary, rotor, rotund

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin rotare 'to turn' (frequentative of root *reta- 'wheel')


morpheme_key: rotary

morpheme: rotary

morpheme_head: rotary

affix_form: -rotary-

meaning_definition: turning | spinning | circular motion

example_words_list_1: rotary, rotation, rotor

example_words_corpus: nonrotary | levorotary

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape

etymology: From Latin 'rotarius' (of a wheel), derived from 'rota' meaning 'wheel'.


morpheme_key: rotate

morpheme: rotate

morpheme_head: rotate

affix_form: -rotate-

meaning_definition: turn | spin | revolve

example_words_list_1: rotation, rotary, rotor

example_words_corpus: rotates | rotated | birotate | corotate | derotate | unrotated

categorical_group_list: Motion, Circularity

etymology: Latin rotare 'to roll, turn in a circle', from rota 'wheel'


morpheme_key: rote

morpheme: rote

morpheme_head: rote

affix_form: -rote-

meaning_definition: mechanical | by repetition | habitual

example_words_list_1: rote, rote-learning

example_words_corpus: rotely | rotelike | rotework

categorical_group_list: Repetition, Habit, Motion

etymology: Latin 'rota' meaning 'wheel'


morpheme_key: roto

morpheme: roto

morpheme_head: roto

affix_form: roto-

sense_label: rotation

meaning_definition: rotation | turning | whirling

example_words_list_1: rototom | rotodome | rototoms | rotodomes | rotograph | rotomolded

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: rotor

morpheme: rotor

morpheme_head: rotor

affix_form: -rotor-

meaning_definition: rotation | turning | spinning

example_words_list_1: rotor, rotatory, rotatable

example_words_corpus: rotors | rotored | quadrotor | tiltrotor | proprotor | rotorless

categorical_group_list: Motion, Mechanics

etymology: Latin 'rotare' meaning 'to roll' or 'to turn', derived from 'rota' (wheel)


morpheme_key: rotund

morpheme: rotund

morpheme_head: rotund

affix_form: -rotund-

allomorphs: rotunda

meaning_definition: round | spherical | plump

example_words_list_1: rotundity, rotundness

example_words_corpus: rotundly | obrotund | rotundity | subrotund | rotundness | rotundities

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physicality

etymology: Latin rotundus 'round', from rotundus (diminutive of rota 'wheel')


morpheme_key: rouble

morpheme: rouble

morpheme_head: rouble

affix_form: -rouble-

meaning_definition: currency | unit of value

example_words_list_1: rouble

example_words_corpus: roubles

categorical_group_list: Finance, Currency

etymology: Russian rubl' (рубль), from rubit' (рубить) 'to chop/cut'

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: rouge

morpheme: rouge

morpheme_head: rouge

affix_form: -rouge-

meaning_definition: red

example_words_list_1: rouge, rouge car, rouge à lèvres

example_words_corpus: rouges | rouged | berouged | unrouged

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual

etymology: French rouge 'red'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: rough

morpheme: rough

morpheme_head: rough

affix_form: -rough-

sense_label: uneven

meaning_definition: uneven | not smooth | harsh | difficult

example_words_list_1: roughness, roughen, roughness

example_words_corpus: roughs | roughly | roughen | roughed | roughie | roughing

categorical_group_list: Texture, Difficulty, Condition

etymology: From Old English 'rūh' meaning 'rough, uneven, harsh', likely from Proto-Germanic '*hrewaz'.


morpheme_key: roulette

morpheme: roulette

morpheme_head: roulette

affix_form: -roulette-

meaning_definition: small wheel | spinning | rotating

example_words_list_1: roulette

example_words_corpus: roulettes | rouletted | roulettelike

categorical_group_list: Motion, Games

etymology: French 'roulette', diminutive of 'roule' (rolls)


morpheme_key: round

morpheme: round

morpheme_head: round

affix_form: round-

sense_label: round

meaning_definition: circular | ball-shaped | globular

example_words_list_1: round-arm | round-backed | round-bottom | round-bottomed | round-eyed | round-faced | round-shouldered | round-the-clock | round_the_bend | roundabout | roundheaded | roundish | around | round | roundel | roundelay | rounder | Roundhead | roundhouse | roundup | roundworm

example_words_corpus: around | rounds | obround | rounded | roundly | rounder

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

etymology: Middle English rowsen : to rouse, to roust

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: rouse

morpheme: rouse

morpheme_head: rouse

affix_form: -rouse-

allomorphs: rous

meaning_definition: to awaken | to stir | to excite

example_words_list_1: rouse, arouse, rouseable

example_words_corpus: rouser | arouse | aroused | arouses | rousers | arouser

categorical_group_list: Motion, Awakening, Activation

etymology: From Old French 'rousir' (to blush, become red), likely from Frankish *hrūsjan or similar Germanic roots meaning 'to redden' or 'to stir up', originally referring to the physical act of blushing or stirring up dust/ash.


morpheme_key: rout

morpheme: rout

morpheme_head: rout

affix_form: -rout-

sense_label: to beat, beaten path

meaning_definition: trample | worn path

example_words_list_1: rout (retreat) | route | routine unrelated: rout2 / rout. (to dig) | root (to dig)

example_words_corpus: routs | router | routed | atrout | routing | routish

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old French 'route' (a path, a crowd, a defeat)


affix_form: False

sense_label: to dig, to root

meaning_definition: to excavate | to uproot

example_words_list_1: rout (to dig), router Variant Spellings: root (to dig)

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Old French rout, variant of roote, from Vulgar Latin *radicare 'to root', from Latin radix 'root'


morpheme_key: routine

morpheme: routine

morpheme_head: routine

affix_form: -routine-

meaning_definition: regular | habitual | established pattern

example_words_list_1: routine, routinization

example_words_corpus: routines | routined | routiner | routinely | coroutine | goroutine

categorical_group_list: Regularity, Temporal, Habitual

etymology: From Latin 'routinier' (practicing routine) or 'routine' (track, path), derived from Old French 'routine' (path, track), ultimately from Vulgar Latin '*rotina' (wheel, track), from Latin 'rota' (wheel).


morpheme_key: roux

morpheme: roux

morpheme_head: roux

affix_form: -roux-

meaning_definition: red | reddish

example_words_list_1: roux, rouge, rubric

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin 'rutilus' meaning 'red, reddish'


morpheme_key: rove

morpheme: rove

morpheme_head: rove

affix_form: -rove-

meaning_definition: to wander | to travel | to roam

example_words_list_1: rove, rover, roving

example_words_corpus: roved | roves | roveth | rovest

categorical_group_list: Motion, Movement

etymology: Middle English 'roven', related to 'reave'


morpheme_key: rover

morpheme: rover

morpheme_head: rover

affix_form: -rover-

meaning_definition: one who wanders | traveler | wanderer

example_words_list_1: rover, roverboy, roverman, roveress

example_words_corpus: rovers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Agent

etymology: Middle English 'rover', from 'rove' (to wander)


morpheme_key: row

morpheme: row

morpheme_head: row

affix_form: -row-

meaning_definition: row | line | rank

example_words_list_1: row, rafter, raftering

example_words_corpus: rows | arow | rown | rowed | rower | rowing

categorical_group_list: Spatial arrangement, Linear sequence

etymology: Latin 'rōta' meaning 'wheel' or 'circle', later extended to 'row' or 'line' in medieval Latin.


morpheme_key: rowan

morpheme: rowan

morpheme_head: rowan

affix_form: -rowan-

meaning_definition: rowan | mountain ash

example_words_list_1: rowanberry, rowan tree, rowan wood

example_words_corpus: rowanberries

categorical_group_list: Botany, Tree, Color, Mythology

etymology: From Old Norse 'raun' (test, proof) via Old English 'rawan', referring to the tree's wood used for testing or its reddish color.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: rowdy

morpheme: rowdy

morpheme_head: rowdy

affix_form: -rowdy-

meaning_definition: noisy | boisterous | disorderly

example_words_list_1: ['rowdy']

example_words_corpus: rowdyism | rowdyish | rowdyisms | rowdyishly

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Emotion

etymology: Origin unknown, possibly from Low German 'ruden' (to make noise) or Dutch 'ruwen' (to roughen); first attested in the 18th century.


morpheme_key: rowlock

morpheme: rowlock

morpheme_head: rowlock

affix_form: -rowlock-

meaning_definition: lock | fasten | secure

example_words_list_1: rowlock, rowlocks

categorical_group_list: Security, Mechanism, Physical Object

etymology: From Old English 'loc' (lock) + 'hloc' (bar/bolt), compounded to mean a locking mechanism.


morpheme_key: roy

morpheme: roy

morpheme_head: roy

affix_form: roy-

sense_label: rule

meaning_definition: govern | monarch

example_words_list_1: royalty | viceroy | pomeroy | corduroy | Roy | royal

example_words_corpus: roys

related_morphemes: reg / reg

categorical_group_list: Authority, Sovereignty

etymology: From Old French roi, from Latin rex, reg- 'king'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: rrhage

morpheme: rrhage

morpheme_head: rrhage

affix_form: -rrhage

meaning_definition: flow | discharge | burst forth | rapid flow (of blood | usually)

example_words_list_1: diarrhea | hemorrhage | catarrh | bronchorrhagia | menorrhagia | metrorrhagia | haemorrhagic | gonorrhea

categorical_group_list: Flow, Discharge, Medical

etymology: Greek -ραγία (-ragía), to break, to burst

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin, Greek


morpheme_key: rrhagia

morpheme: rrhagia

morpheme_head: rrhagia

affix_form: -rrhagia

allomorphs: -rrhagia

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: outflow | emission | abnormal outflow or emission associated with the preceding term

example_words_list_2: diarrhea | hemorrhage | catarrh | bronchorrhagia | menorrhagia | metrorrhagia | haemorrhagic | gonorrhea

example_words_corpus: otorrhagia | menorrhagia | menorrhagias | rhinorrhagia | rectorrhagia | metrorrhagia

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Fluid Dynamics

ancestor_etymon: -ραγία  OED

etymology: Greek -rrhagia (ῥαγία) from rhēgnynai (ῥήγνυναι) 'to break, burst, or rupture'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: rrhaphy

morpheme: rrhaphy

morpheme_head: rrhaphy

affix_form: -rrhaphy

meaning_definition: surgical suturing

example_words_corpus: myorrhaphy | tenorrhaphy | venorrhaphy | renorrhaphy | neurorrhaphy | colporrhaphy

categorical_group_list: Medical, Surgery

etymology: Greek ῥαφή (rhaphḗ)


morpheme_key: rrhea

morpheme: rrhea

morpheme_head: rrhea

affix_form: -rrhea

meaning_definition: outflow | release

example_words_list_1: diarrhea, diarrhea, rhinorrhea, otorrhea

example_words_corpus: pyorrhea | otorrhea | logorrhea | menorrhea | otorrheas | pyorrheal

related_morphemes: part of rheo / rheo

etymology: Greek rhein 'to flow'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Greek


morpheme_key: rrhexis

morpheme: rrhexis

morpheme_head: rrhexis

affix_form: -rrhexis

meaning_definition: rupture | rend | tear

example_words_list_1: karyorrhexis | bronchorrhagia | hemorrhage | menorrhagia | regma | rhagades | rhegma | rhegmatogenous | rhexis | anarrhexis

example_words_list_2: bronchorrhagia, hemorrhage, menorrhagia, regma, rhagades, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rhexis, anarrhexis

example_words_corpus: myorrhexis | amniorrhexis | angiorrhexis | colporrhexis | onychorrhexis | tubulorrhexis

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Physical state

etymology: Greek ῥῆξῐς (rhêxis) | breaking | bursting | discharge | ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai) | ῥαγίζω | ῥῆξις (rhêxis) | ῥῆγμα (rhêgma)


morpheme_key: rrhoid

morpheme: rrhoid

morpheme_head: rrhoid

affix_form: -rrhoid-

meaning_definition: hemorrhoid | swollen vein

example_words_list_1: hemorrhoid

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical

etymology: Greek haima 'blood' + eidos 'form, appearance'


morpheme_key: rub

morpheme: rub

morpheme_head: rub

affix_form: rub-

allomorphs: rube

sense_label: red

meaning_definition: crimson | scarlet | vermilion

example_words_list_1: erubescence | erubescent | rubella | Rubio | rubious | rubric | rubricate | rubrication | rubricator | ruby | bilirubin | rubefacient | rubeola | rubescent | rubicund | rubidium

example_words_corpus: rubs | rerub | rubber | rubbed | rubout | rerubs

related_morphemes: ruf / ruf

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual

etymology: Latin ruber 'red'


morpheme_key: rubbish

morpheme: rubbish

morpheme_head: rubbish

affix_form: -rubbish-

meaning_definition: trash | waste | worthless

example_words_list_1: rubbish

example_words_corpus: rubbishy | rubbisher | rubbishes | rubbished | rubbishly | rubbishers

categorical_group_list: Waste, Low value

etymology: Middle English 'rubbish', likely related to 'rubble'


morpheme_key: rubble

morpheme: rubble

morpheme_head: rubble

affix_form: -rubble-

meaning_definition: broken stone | fragments | debris

example_words_list_1: rubble

example_words_corpus: rubbles | rubbled | rubblework | rubblestone

categorical_group_list: Material, Destruction

etymology: Middle English rubel, related to rubble/rubbish


morpheme_key: rubens

morpheme: rubens

morpheme_head: rubens

affix_form: -rubens-

meaning_definition: red | ruddy

example_words_list_1: rubric, rubedo, rubescere

etymology: Latin ruber, rubrum 'red'


morpheme_key: ruber

morpheme: ruber

morpheme_head: ruber

affix_form: ruber-

meaning_definition: red

example_words_list_1: erubescence | erubescent | rubella | Rubio | rubious | rubric | rubricate | rubrication | rubricator | ruby

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical property

etymology: ruber


morpheme_key: rubicund

morpheme: rubicund

morpheme_head: rubicund

affix_form: -rubicund-

meaning_definition: red | ruddy | flushed

example_words_list_1: rubicundus

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical state


morpheme_key: rubri

morpheme: rubri

morpheme_head: rubri

affix_form: rubri-

allomorphs: rubro

example_words_list_1: erubescence, erubescent, rubella, Rubio, rubious, rubric, rubricate, rubrication, rubricator, ruby


morpheme_key: rubric

morpheme: rubric

morpheme_head: rubric

affix_form: -rubric-

meaning_definition: red | scarlet

example_words_list_1: rubric, rubrical

example_words_corpus: rubrics | rubrical | rubricity | rubrician | rubricist | irrubrical


morpheme_key: ruby

morpheme: ruby

morpheme_head: ruby

affix_form: -ruby-

meaning_definition: red | precious stone | gemstone

example_words_list_1: ruby

example_words_corpus: nonruby | rubylike | rubywood | rubytail | rubytails | rubythroat

categorical_group_list: Color, Gemstone

etymology: Latin 'rubeus' meaning 'red'


morpheme_key: ruck

morpheme: ruck

morpheme_head: ruck

affix_form: -ruck-

meaning_definition: heap | pile | mass

example_words_list_1: ruckzuck, rucksack

example_words_corpus: rucks | rucked | rucking | ruckman | ruckmen | ruckwoman

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Collection, Germanic origin

etymology: German 'Ruck' meaning 'heap' or 'pile', often used in compound words to denote a collection or mass of something.


morpheme_key: rud

morpheme: rud

morpheme_head: rudi

affix_form: rud-

allomorphs: rud

meaning_definition: coarse | unrefined | basic | ignorant

example_words_list_1: erudite | erudition | rude | rudiment | rudimentary | rudity | ruderal

example_words_corpus: ruds | ruddy | ruddle | rudden | ruddled | ruddles

categorical_group_list: State, Quality

etymology: Latin rudis 'unworked, rough, crude'


morpheme_key: rudder

morpheme: rudder

morpheme_head: rudder

affix_form: -rudder-

meaning_definition: steering | directing | guiding

example_words_list_1: rudder

example_words_corpus: rudders | ruddered | rudderless | rudderfish | rudderhole | rudderpost

categorical_group_list: Navigation, Control

etymology: Middle English rudere 'to steer'


morpheme_key: rude

morpheme: rude

morpheme_head: rude

affix_form: -rude-

meaning_definition: impolite | ill-mannered | offensive

example_words_list_1: rude, rudeness, rudely

example_words_corpus: ruden | rudely | unrude | rudery | rudesby | rudeboy

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Social interaction

etymology: From Old French 'rud(e)' meaning 'rough, coarse, harsh', possibly of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: rudiment

morpheme: rudiment

morpheme_head: rudiment

affix_form: -rudiment-

meaning_definition: basic | elementary | fundamental

example_words_list_1: rudimentary, rudiment

example_words_corpus: rudiments | rudimental | rudimentary | rudimentarily | rudimentariness

categorical_group_list: Primacy, Simplicity, Foundation

etymology: From Latin rudimentum 'beginning, first principle', from rudis 'rough, unformed'


morpheme_key: ruff

morpheme: ruff

morpheme_head: ruff

affix_form: -ruff-

meaning_definition: rough | harsh | noisy

example_words_list_1: ruff, rough, roughage, roughen

example_words_corpus: ruffs | ruffed | ruffer | ruffing | ruffers | overruff

categorical_group_list: Texture, Sound, Quality

etymology: From Old English 'rugh' meaning rough, harsh, or uneven.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: ruffian

morpheme: ruffian

morpheme_head: ruffian

affix_form: -ruffian-

meaning_definition: scoundrel | rogue | lawless person

example_words_list_1: ruffian, ruffianism, ruffianly

categorical_group_list: Agent, Person, Negative

etymology: Middle English ruffian, possibly related to 'rough'


morpheme_key: ruffle

morpheme: ruffle

morpheme_head: ruffle

affix_form: -ruffle-

meaning_definition: to disturb | to disorder | to agitate

example_words_list_1: ruffle, ruffled, ruffling

example_words_corpus: ruffled | ruffles | ruffler | toruffle | unruffle | rufflers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Disorder

etymology: imitative of sound or movement


morpheme_key: rufus

morpheme: rufus

morpheme_head: rufus

affix_form: -rufus-

allomorphs: ruf | rufo

meaning_definition: red | reddish | ruddy

example_words_list_1: rufous, ruddy

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin rufus "red, reddish, yellowish"


morpheme_key: rug

morpheme: rug

morpheme_head: rug

affix_form: -rug-

sense_label: wrinkle

meaning_definition: wrinkle

example_words_list_1: corrugant, corrugate, corrugation, erugate, rugose

example_words_corpus: rugs | unrug | rugged | rugrat | rugburn | rugrats

categorical_group_list: Physical properties, Texture, Shape

etymology: rūga, rugare


morpheme_key: rugged

morpheme: rugged

morpheme_head: rugged

affix_form: -rugged-

meaning_definition: rough | uneven | broken | hardy

example_words_list_1: ruggedness, ruggedly

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physicality, Durability

etymology: Middle English rugge 'rough, uneven'


morpheme_key: rugger

morpheme: rugger

morpheme_head: rugger

affix_form: -rugger-

meaning_definition: rugby

example_words_list_1: rugger, rugger bugger

categorical_group_list: Sport, Slang, British English

etymology: From the sport of rugby, often used in British slang to mean 'rugby' or 'rough play'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: ruin

morpheme: ruin

morpheme_head: ruin

affix_form: -ruin-

meaning_definition: destruction | decay | downfall

example_words_list_1: ruin, ruined, ruinous, ruinousness

example_words_corpus: ruined | ruiner | unruin | ruinous | ruining | ruiners

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Decay, Negation

etymology: From Latin 'ruina' meaning 'collapse, downfall', derived from the verb 'ruere' meaning 'to fall, rush, or collapse'.


morpheme_key: rule

morpheme: rule

morpheme_head: rule

affix_form: -rule-

meaning_definition: regulation | principle | standard | law

example_words_list_1: ruler, regulation, rulebook

example_words_corpus: ruler | rules | ruled | rulez | rulers | rulest

categorical_group_list: Regulation, Order, Law

etymology: Latin 'regula' meaning 'straight stick, ruler, pattern'


morpheme_key: rumania

morpheme: rumania

morpheme_head: rumania

affix_form: -rumania-

meaning_definition: Romania | Romanian

example_words_list_1: Romanian, Romanian language

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geography, Nationality

etymology: From Latin Romania, from Romanus (Roman) + -ia (land of)


morpheme_key: rumen

morpheme: rumen

morpheme_head: rumen

affix_form: rumen-

meaning_definition: throat

example_words_list_1: rumen, rumenic acid, ruminal, ruminant, ruminate, rumination, ruminator

example_words_corpus: rumens | rumenotomy

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: rūmen, rūminis


morpheme_key: rumin

morpheme: rumin

morpheme_head: rumin

affix_form: rumin-

sense_label: throat

meaning_definition: upper digestive region | stomach cavity

example_words_list_1: rumen | rumenic acid | ruminal | ruminant | ruminate | rumination | ruminator | ruminate Variant Spellings: rumen

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin ruminari 'to chew the cud', from ruma 'rumen, paunch'


morpheme_key: rummage

morpheme: rummage

morpheme_head: rummage

affix_form: -rummage-

meaning_definition: search | rummage | scour

example_words_list_1: ['rummage']

example_words_corpus: rummaged | rummages | rummager | rummagers

categorical_group_list: Action, Search

etymology: From Middle Dutch rommelen 'to rumble, clatter', related to Old Norse rumba 'to rumble'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: rumor

morpheme: rumor

morpheme_head: rumor

affix_form: -rumor-

meaning_definition: report | hearsay | unverified information

example_words_list_1: rumor, rumored, rumors

example_words_corpus: rumored | rumorer | rumoring | rumorers | rumoredly | rumortism

categorical_group_list: Communication, Information

etymology: Latin 'rumor' meaning 'report, talk, gossip'


morpheme_key: rump

morpheme: rump

morpheme_head: rump

affix_form: rump

meaning_definition: to deceive | to swindle | to act dishonestly

example_words_list_1: frump | rumps | rumpy | frumps | rumped | Rumper


morpheme_key: rumple

morpheme: rumple

morpheme_head: rumple

affix_form: -rumple-

meaning_definition: to crush | to wrinkle | to fold irregularly

example_words_list_1: rumple, rumpled, rumpling, rumpleness

categorical_group_list: Texture, Motion, Physical state

etymology: imitative of the sound or action of crushing


morpheme_key: rumpus

morpheme: rumpus

morpheme_head: rumpus

affix_form: -rumpus-

meaning_definition: noisy disturbance | uproar | commotion

example_words_list_1: rumpus, rumpus room, rumpus house

example_words_corpus: rumpuses

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Noise

etymology: Middle English rumpusen 'to make a noise', of unknown origin, possibly related to rumble


morpheme_key: run

morpheme: run

morpheme_head: run

affix_form: -run-

meaning_definition: move rapidly on foot | move or proceed

example_words_list_1: runner, running, runaway, runny

example_words_corpus: runs | rerun | runny | inrun | unrun | uprun

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'rinnan' or 'runnan', meaning to flow or move swiftly.


morpheme_key: runic

morpheme: runic

morpheme_head: runic

affix_form: -runic-

meaning_definition: rune | secret | mystery | magic

example_words_list_1: runic

categorical_group_list: Writing, Script, Magic

etymology: Old English rūn 'rune, secret, mystery'


morpheme_key: runt

morpheme: runt

morpheme_head: runt

affix_form: -runt-

meaning_definition: small | undersized | stunted

example_words_list_1: runt

example_words_corpus: runty | runts | runted | runtish | runting | runtling

categorical_group_list: Size, Diminutive

etymology: Middle English 'runt', likely related to 'run' (to grow/flow)


morpheme_key: rup

morpheme: rup

morpheme_head: rup

affix_form: -rup-

meaning_definition: a hard, natural mineral formation | a solid, rocky substance

example_words_list_1: rupestrine, rupicolous

example_words_list_2: rupestrine, rupicolous

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geology

etymology: From Latin rup- (stem of rupes) meaning 'rock' or 'cliff'


morpheme_key: rupt

morpheme: rupt

morpheme_head: rupt

affix_form: -rupt-

sense_label: break, burst

meaning_definition: break, burst

example_words_list_1: rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, erupt

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Fragmentation

etymology: Latin rumpere 'to break'


morpheme_key: rur

morpheme: rur

morpheme_head: rur

affix_form: rur-

meaning_definition: countryside | farm

example_words_list_1: nonrural | roister | roisterous | rural | rustic | rusticate | rustication | rusticity

categorical_group_list: Location, Nature

etymology: rūs | rūris


morpheme_key: rural

morpheme: rural

morpheme_head: rural

affix_form: -rural-

meaning_definition: countryside | rural area | non-urban

example_words_list_1: rural, rurality, ruriferous

example_words_corpus: rurals | rurally | rurality | ruralite | ruralize | nonrural

categorical_group_list: Location, Environment

etymology: Latin rura 'open country, fields'


morpheme_key: rus

morpheme: rus

morpheme_head: rus

affix_form: rur

allomorphs: rur

meaning_definition: rural expanse | territory

example_words_list_1: rural

example_words_list_2: rural

example_words_corpus: Rusian

etymology: Latin rūs (genitive ruris) 'country, open land'


morpheme_key: rush

morpheme: rush

morpheme_head: rush

affix_form: -rush-

meaning_definition: to move with great speed | to surge | sudden movement

example_words_list_1: rush, rushing, rusher

example_words_corpus: rushy | rushes | rushed | inrush | onrush | rusher

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed, Intensity

etymology: Middle English ruschen, from Old English rīsan 'to rise'