morpheme_key: glabr

morpheme: glabr

morpheme_head: glabr

affix_form: glabr-

meaning_definition: lacking hair | even | shaven

example_words_list_1: glabella | glabellar | glabrate | glabrescent | glabrous | glabrous Variant Spellings: glabella (dim. form) | glabella (dim. form)

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin glaber 'smooth, bald'


morpheme_key: glac

morpheme: glac

morpheme_head: glac

affix_form: -glac-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: frozen water

example_words_list_1: glacé, glacial, glaciate, glacier, glaciology, glacis

categorical_group_list: Nature, Temperature, Environment

etymology: From Latin glacies 'ice'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: glacial

morpheme: glacial

morpheme_head: glacial

affix_form: -glacial-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: ice | frozen

example_words_list_1: glacial, glaciation, glacier

example_words_corpus: glacials | glacially | deglacial | englacial | subglacial | preglacial

categorical_group_list: Nature, Temperature, State of matter

etymology: Latin glaciālis, from glacies 'ice'

attestation: both


morpheme_key: glacier

morpheme: glacier

morpheme_head: glacier

affix_form: -glacier-

meaning_definition: large mass of ice | glacier

example_words_list_1: glacier

example_words_corpus: glaciers | glaciered | glacierist | glacierlike | glacierless | glacierized

categorical_group_list: Nature, Ice, Environment

etymology: Middle French 'glacier', from 'glace' (ice)

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: Romance

register: scientific


morpheme_key: glacio

morpheme: glacio

morpheme_head: glacio

affix_form: glacio-

allomorphs: glaci

affix_type: prefix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: frozen water | glacial mass | ice formation

example_words_list_1: glacé | glacial | glaciation | glacier | glacious | glacis | glaciomarine | glaciometer

example_words_corpus: glaciogenic | glaciokarst | glaciomarine | glaciokarsts | glaciofluvial | glacioaqueous

ancestor_etymon: glaciēs  OED

etymology: From Latin glaciēs (genitive glaciēi) meaning 'ice', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *glaH- 'to shine, be bright'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: glad

morpheme: glad

morpheme_head: glad

affix_form: -glad-

meaning_definition: pleased | happy | delighted

example_words_list_1: glad, gladly, gladdening

example_words_corpus: glads | gladly | unglad | gladden | gladder | gladful

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive affect

etymology: Old English glæd 'bright, shining, joyful'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: glade

morpheme: glade

morpheme_head: glade

affix_form: -glade-

meaning_definition: clearing in a forest | open space in woods

example_words_list_1: glade

example_words_corpus: glades | gladed | sunglade | moonglade | gladelike | sunglades

categorical_group_list: Nature, Landscape

etymology: Old English glæd 'bright, shining' or related to 'glead' (clearing)


morpheme_key: gladi

morpheme: gladi

morpheme_head: gladi

affix_form: gladi-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: blade | cutting tool

example_words_list_1: gladiator | gladiolus | gladiate

example_words_list_2: gladiator | gladiolus | gladiate

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Combat

ancestor_etymon: gladi

etymology: Latin gladius 'sword'


morpheme_key: gladiate

morpheme: gladiate

morpheme_head: gladiate

affix_form: -gladiate-

meaning_definition: gladiator | fighter | swordsman

example_words_list_1: gladiatorial, gladiators

example_words_corpus: gladiates

categorical_group_list: Combat, Action

etymology: Latin gladiator 'swordsman, fighter', from gladius 'sword'


morpheme_key: gladiolus

morpheme: gladiolus

morpheme_head: gladiolus

affix_form: -gladiolus-

allomorphs: gladioli

meaning_definition: little sword

example_words_list_1: gladiolus

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Nature

etymology: diminutive of gladius 'sword'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: glamour

morpheme: glamour

morpheme_head: glamour

affix_form: -glamour-

meaning_definition: charm | enchantment | illusion

example_words_list_1: glamour

example_words_corpus: glamours | beglamour | glamoured | englamour | glamourise | glamourize

categorical_group_list: Magic, Illusion, Appearance

etymology: Middle Scots 'glamour', a phonetic spelling of 'grammar'

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish


morpheme_key: glance

morpheme: glance

morpheme_head: glance

affix_form: -glance-

meaning_definition: quick look | brief view

example_words_list_1: glance, glancing, glanced

example_words_corpus: glanced | glances | glancer | glanceth | glancers | glancest

categorical_group_list: Vision, Perception

etymology: Middle English glancen, related to Old French glancier

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: gland

morpheme: gland

morpheme_head: gland

affix_form: -gland-

meaning_definition: gland

example_words_list_1: glandular, adrenal, sebaceous

example_words_corpus: glands | glandlike | glandless | glandiform | macrogland | macroglands

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin glandula, diminutive of glans 'acorn'


morpheme_key: glandular

morpheme: glandular

morpheme_head: glandular

affix_form: -glandular-

example_words_corpus: eglandular | biglandular | glandularly | uniglandular | subglandular | triglandular

etymology: Latin glandula 'gland' (diminutive of glans 'acorn')


morpheme_key: glare

morpheme: glare

morpheme_head: glare

affix_form: -glare-

meaning_definition: to look steadfastly | to shine brightly | to emit a strong light

example_words_list_1: glare, glaring, glared

example_words_corpus: glared | glares | aglare | glareth | glarest | beglare

categorical_group_list: Vision, Light, Intensity

etymology: Middle English 'glaren', possibly related to 'gleam'


morpheme_key: glasgow

morpheme: glasgow

morpheme_head: glasgow

affix_form: -glasgow-

meaning_definition: Glasgow

example_words_list_1: Glasgow, Glaswegian

categorical_group_list: Geography, Location, Proper Noun

etymology: From Brythonic *glassu 'green water' or 'deep pool', referring to the River Clyde

ancestor_etymon_language: Brythonic


morpheme_key: glass

morpheme: glass

morpheme_head: glass

affix_form: -glass-

meaning_definition: transparent | silica-based substance | fragile

example_words_list_1: eyeglass, hourglass, glassware

example_words_corpus: glassy | glasses | glassed | glasser | glassen | glassine

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: From Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥h₁- 'to shine, glow'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: glauc

morpheme: glauc

morpheme_head: glauc

affix_form: glauc-

sense_label: gray

meaning_definition: ashen | to shine

example_words_list_1: glaucous, glaucopis, glaucophyte

categorical_group_list: Color, Light, Vision

etymology: γλαυκός (glaukós) | γλαυκότης | γλαύξ | γλαῦκος | Greek glaukos : bright blue | bluish gray | gleaming

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: glauco

morpheme: glauc(o)

morpheme_head: glauc(o)

meaning_definition: Having a grey or bluish-grey colour

example_words_list_1: glaucoma

example_words_list_2: glaucoma

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual perception

etymology: Greek γλαυκός (glaukós), grey, bluish-grey


morpheme_key: glaucoma

morpheme: glaucoma

morpheme_head: glaucoma

affix_form: -glaucoma-

meaning_definition: blue | azure

example_words_list_1: glaucoma, glaucous, glaucophyte

example_words_corpus: nonglaucoma | antiglaucoma | teleglaucoma

categorical_group_list: Color, Medical

etymology: Greek glauko- 'blue-gray, bluish'


morpheme_key: glaucous

morpheme: glaucous

morpheme_head: glaucous

affix_form: -glaucous-

meaning_definition: pale | bluish-grey | dull

example_words_list_1: glaucous

example_words_corpus: glaucousness

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Greek glaukos 'blue-grey, shimmering, bright'


morpheme_key: glaze

morpheme: glaze

morpheme_head: glaze

affix_form: -glaze-

meaning_definition: shiny coating | smooth surface | enamel

example_words_list_1: glaze, glazing, glazed

example_words_corpus: glazer | glazed | glazes | glazers | deglaze | reglaze

categorical_group_list: Texture, Appearance, Coating

etymology: Middle English 'glazen', related to 'glass'


morpheme_key: gleam

morpheme: gleam

morpheme_head: gleam

affix_form: -gleam-

meaning_definition: to shine | bright | light

example_words_list_1: gleaming, gleam, gleaminess

example_words_corpus: agleam | gleams | gleamy | gleamed | gleamer | gleaming

categorical_group_list: Light, Vision

etymology: Old English glæm 'brightness, luster'


morpheme_key: glean

morpheme: glean

morpheme_head: glean

affix_form: -glean-

meaning_definition: to collect | to gather | to extract information

example_words_list_1: glean, gleaning, gleanings

example_words_corpus: gleans | gleaner | gleaned | gleaners | gleaneth | gleanest

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Collection

etymology: Middle English 'glenen', related to 'glede' (to gather)


morpheme_key: glee

morpheme: glee

morpheme_head: glee

affix_form: -glee-

meaning_definition: great delight | joy | merriment

example_words_list_1: glee, gleeful, gleefully

example_words_corpus: gleed | gleek | glees | gleeds | gleeful | gleeman

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive affect

etymology: Middle English 'glee', related to Old Norse 'glí' (brightness/joy)


morpheme_key: glen

morpheme: glen

morpheme_head: glen

affix_form: -glen-

meaning_definition: valley | narrow valley

example_words_list_1: glen, glens

example_words_corpus: glens | glenlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Topography

etymology: Scottish Gaelic 'gleann'

ancestor_etymon_language: Gaelic

register: neutral


morpheme_key: glia

morpheme: glia

morpheme_head: glia

affix_form: glia-

meaning_definition: glue

example_words_list_1: glial | glioblastoma | glioma | gliosis | microglia | neuroglia | danglia | pastiglia

example_words_corpus: glially | myoglia | axoglial | glialike | nonglial | panglial

categorical_group_list: Adhesion, Biology

etymology: γλία (glía)


morpheme_key: glib

morpheme: glib

morpheme_head: glib

affix_form: -glib-

meaning_definition: smooth | slippery | fluent | superficial

example_words_list_1: glib

example_words_corpus: glibs | glibly | glibness | glibertarian | glibertarians

categorical_group_list: Manner, Communication

etymology: Middle English glib (smooth, slippery)

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: glide

morpheme: glide

morpheme_head: glide

affix_form: -glide-

meaning_definition: to move smoothly | to slide | to slip

example_words_list_1: glide, gliding, glider

example_words_corpus: glider | glided | glides | gliders | glideth | glidest

categorical_group_list: Motion, Smoothness

etymology: Old English glīdan 'to slip, glide, move smoothly'


morpheme_key: glimmer

morpheme: glimmer

morpheme_head: glimmer

affix_form: -glimmer-

meaning_definition: to shine with a flickering or unsteady light | to emit a faint, wavering light

example_words_list_1: glimmer, glimmering, glimmered

categorical_group_list: Light, Visual perception

etymology: imitative of light effects


morpheme_key: glimpse

morpheme: glimpse

morpheme_head: glimpse

affix_form: -glimpse-

meaning_definition: brief | partial | quick

example_words_list_1: glimpse

example_words_corpus: glimpses | glimpsed | glimpser | glimpsers | unglimpsed | foreglimpse

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Middle English glimpsen 'to catch a glimpse of'


morpheme_key: glint

morpheme: glint

morpheme_head: glint

affix_form: -glint-

meaning_definition: to shine | flash | sparkle

example_words_list_1: glint, glinting, glinted

example_words_corpus: glints | aglint | glinty | glinted | glinting | glintings

etymology: Middle English glinten, related to glisten


morpheme_key: gliss

morpheme: gliss

morpheme_head: gliss

affix_form: gliss-

meaning_definition: to move smoothly | to drift

example_words_list_1: glissando | glissade

example_words_list_2: glissando | glissade

etymology: French glisser : to slide, to glide Frank


morpheme_key: glissade

morpheme: glissade

morpheme_head: glissade

affix_form: -glissade-

meaning_definition: to slide | to glide | smooth movement

example_words_list_1: ['glissade']

example_words_corpus: glissades | glissaded | glissader | glissaders

etymology: French glisser 'to slide'


morpheme_key: glisten

morpheme: glisten

morpheme_head: glisten

affix_form: -glisten-

meaning_definition: to shine | to sparkle | to reflect light

example_words_list_1: glistening, glistens, glistened

example_words_corpus: glistens | glisteny | glistened | beglisten | glistening | glisteneth

etymology: Middle English glistenen, from Old English glisnian


morpheme_key: glitter

morpheme: glitter

morpheme_head: glitter

affix_form: -glitter-

meaning_definition: to shine with small points of light | sparkling | shimmering

example_words_list_1: glitter, glittering, glittery

example_words_corpus: aglitter | glitters | glittery | glittered | beglitter | glittering

categorical_group_list: Light, Visual property


morpheme_key: gloat

morpheme: gloat

morpheme_head: gloat

affix_form: -gloat-

meaning_definition: to dwell on one's success | to express great satisfaction or pride

example_words_list_1: gloating

example_words_corpus: gloats | gloater | gloated | gloating | gloaters | gloatings

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Pride

etymology: Middle English gloaten (to delight, to be glad)


morpheme_key: glob

morpheme: glob

morpheme_head: glob

affix_form: glob-

sense_label: sphere

meaning_definition: rounded object | spherical mass

example_words_list_1: global | globate | globe | globose | globosity | globular | globule | globulin | inglobate | glob | globetrotter | hemoglobin

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

ancestor_etymon: glob

etymology: Latin globus "sphere, ball"


morpheme_key: globe

morpheme: globe

morpheme_head: globe

affix_form: -globe-

meaning_definition: sphere | earth | world

example_words_list_1: globular, globule, globetrotter

example_words_corpus: globes | globed | englobe | inglobe | englobes | englobed

categorical_group_list: Space, Earth, Shape

etymology: Latin globus 'sphere, ball'


morpheme_key: globin

morpheme: globin

morpheme_head: globin

affix_form: -globin-

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: protein | globular protein

example_words_list_1: hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrom

example_words_corpus: globins | cytoglobin | haemoglobin | neuroglobin | cytoglobins | haemoglobins

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry

etymology: Greek globus/globulus 'sphere, ball'


morpheme_key: globulin

morpheme: globulin

morpheme_head: globulin

affix_form: -globulin-

meaning_definition: globular | spherical | ball-shaped

example_words_list_1: globulin, globule, globularity

categorical_group_list: Shape, Biology

etymology: Latin globulus, diminutive of globus 'ball, sphere'


morpheme_key: glomer

morpheme: glomer

morpheme_head: glomer

affix_form: -glomer-

meaning_definition: rounded mass | spherical object

example_words_list_1: agglomerate, conglomerate, glomerate, glomerule

categorical_group_list: Shape, Mass, Collection

etymology: Latin glomer- 'ball, cluster', from glomus 'ball of thread'


morpheme_key: glomerulo

morpheme: glomerulo

morpheme_head: glomerulo

affix_form: glomerulo-

meaning_definition: glomerulus | ball-like structure

example_words_list_1: glomerulopathy | glomerulopenia | glomerulopathic | glomerulosclerosis | glomerulonephrosis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Morphology

etymology: Latin glomerulus, diminutive of glomus 'ball, ball of yarn'


morpheme_key: gloom

morpheme: gloom

morpheme_head: gloom

affix_form: -gloom-

meaning_definition: darkness | sadness | depression

example_words_list_1: gloomy, gloominess, gloaming

example_words_corpus: gloomy | glooms | begloom | engloom | gloomth | gloomily

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Darkness, State of being

etymology: Middle English glome, related to gloom/glum


morpheme_key: gloria

morpheme: gloria

morpheme_head: gloria

affix_form: -gloria-

allomorphs: glori

meaning_definition: glory | fame | renown | honor

example_words_list_1: glorious, glorification, gloried

example_words_corpus: glorias | Gloriagate

categorical_group_list: Honor, Eminence

etymology: Latin glōria 'fame, renown', from glōsus 'famous', possibly from Etruscan


morpheme_key: glory

morpheme: glory

morpheme_head: glory

affix_form: -glory-

meaning_definition: fame | honor | renown | splendor

example_words_list_1: glory, glorious, glorification

example_words_corpus: beglory | glorying | disglory | foreglory

categorical_group_list: Positive Attribute, Honor, Status

etymology: Latin glōria 'fame, renown, glory', from glōsus 'famous, renowned'


morpheme_key: gloss

morpheme: gloss

morpheme_head: gloss

affix_form: -gloss-

allomorphs: glosso

sense_label: tongue

meaning_definition: tongue | language

example_words_list_1: aglossia | anthropoglot | aryepiglottic | diglossia | epiglottis | gloss | glossary | glossophobia | glottis | heterogloss | heteroglossia | idioglossia | isogloss | monoglot | monoglottism | polyglot | polyglottism | glossodynia | glossolalia | glossoptosis

example_words_corpus: glossy | glosses | glossed | regloss | glosser | isogloss

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: γλῶσσα (glôssa) | γλωττίς (glōttís)

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: glossa

morpheme: glossa

morpheme_head: glossa

affix_form: glossa

allomorphs: glosso | glot

meaning_definition: oral organ | linguistic system | verbal expression

example_words_list_1: glossary, polyglot, glossolalia

example_words_corpus: Glossic

categorical_group_list: Communication, Language

etymology: Greek


morpheme_key: glossia

morpheme: glossia

morpheme_head: glossia

affix_form: -glossia

affix_type: suffix

example_words_list_2: aglossia, anthropoglot, aryepiglottic, diglossia, epiglottis, gloss, glossary, glossophobia, glottis, heterogloss, heteroglossia, idioglossia, isogloss, monoglot, monoglottism, polyglot, polyglottism, glossodynia, glossolalia, glossophobia, glossoptosis

example_words_corpus: aglossia | diglossia | triglossia | polyglossia | idioglossia | mixoglossia

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Communication

etymology: γλῶσσα (glôssa), γλωττίς (glōttís)


morpheme_key: glot

morpheme: glot

morpheme_head: glot

affix_form: -glot

allomorphs: -glot

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective | adverb | not suffi

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | adverb | not suffix

meaning_definition: organ for speech | system of communication

example_words_list_2: aglossia | anthropoglot | aryepiglottic | diglossia | epiglottis | gloss | glossary | glossophobia | glottis | heterogloss | heteroglossia | idioglossia | isogloss | monoglot | monoglottism | polyglot | polyglottism | glossodynia | glossolalia | glossoptosis

example_words_corpus: diglot | diglots | uniglot | triglot | polyglot | monoglot

categorical_group_list: Linguistics, Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: γλῶττα  OED | gloss

etymology: γλῶσσα (glôssa) | γλωττίς (glōttís) | < ancient Greek γλῶττα OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: glottis

morpheme: glottis

morpheme_head: glottis

affix_form: -glottis

example_words_list_1: aglossia, anthropoglot, aryepiglottic, diglossia, epiglottis, gloss, glossary, glossophobia, glottis, heterogloss, heteroglossia, idioglossia, isogloss, monoglot, monoglottism, polyglot, polyglottism, glossodynia, glossolalia, glossophobia, glossoptosis

example_words_corpus: glottises | subglottis | supraglottis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: γλῶσσα (glôssa), γλωττίς (glōttís)


morpheme_key: glotto

morpheme: glotto

morpheme_head: glott

affix_form: glotto-

allomorphs: glotto

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

example_words_list_1: aglossia | anthropoglot | aryepiglottic | diglossia | epiglottis | gloss | glossary | glossophobia | glottis | heterogloss | heteroglossia | idioglossia | isogloss | monoglot | monoglottism | polyglot | polyglottism | glossodynia | glossolalia | glossoptosis | glottochronology | glottology

example_words_corpus: glottocode | glottogenetic | glottogenesis | glottographic | glottochronology | rhinoglottophilia

ancestor_etymon: γλῶττα  OED

etymology: γλῶσσα (glôssa) | γλωττίς (glōttís) | etymology taken from 'glosso-' | comb. Form OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: glove

morpheme: glove

morpheme_head: glove

affix_form: -glove-

meaning_definition: covering for the hand | hand protection

example_words_list_1: glove, gloved, gloved-hand

example_words_corpus: gloves | gloved | glover | deglove | glovers | unglove

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Body part accessory

etymology: Old English glof


morpheme_key: glow

morpheme: glow

morpheme_head: glow

affix_form: -glow-

meaning_definition: to emit light | luminous | shining

example_words_list_1: glow, glowing, glowworm

example_words_corpus: aglow | glows | glowy | glower | glowed | reglow

categorical_group_list: Light, Luminosity

etymology: Old English glowen "to shine, to be red" (related to glōwan)


morpheme_key: gluco

morpheme: gluco

morpheme_head: gluc

affix_form: gluco-

allomorphs: gluco

meaning_definition: sweet | sugar | glucose

example_words_list_1: glucocorticoid | glucose | glucagon | glucosamine | glucoside | glucosuria | glucogenesis | glucolysis

example_words_list_2: glucagon | glucocorticoid | glucosamine | glucose | glucoside | glucosuria | glucogenesis | glucolysis

example_words_corpus: glucose | glucosyl | glucoses | glucoside | glucosides | glucometer

categorical_group_list: Taste, Chemistry, Biology

ancestor_etymon: γλυκύς  OED

etymology: Greek γλυκύς (glukús) | sweet | used as comb. form of Greek γλυκ-ύς sweet ... and of glucose n. OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED


morpheme_key: glucose

morpheme: glucose

morpheme_head: glucose

affix_form: -glucose-

meaning_definition: sweet

example_words_list_1: glucose, glucagon, glucocorticoid, glucoside, hypoglycemia

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Nutrition, Biology

etymology: Greek glykys 'sweet'


morpheme_key: glue

morpheme: glue

morpheme_head: glue

affix_form: -glue-

allomorphs: glu

meaning_definition: to stick | adhesive | bond

example_words_list_1: glue, glued, gluing, gluey

example_words_corpus: gluey | glued | glues | gluer | unglue | englue

categorical_group_list: Connection, Adhesion

etymology: Old English glū (sticky substance)


morpheme_key: glum

morpheme: glum

morpheme_head: glum

affix_form: -glum-

meaning_definition: sad | dejected | sullen

example_words_list_1: glum, glumly, glumminess

example_words_corpus: glumly | glumness | glumnesses

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Mood

etymology: Middle English glum (gloomy, sullen)


morpheme_key: glut

morpheme: glut

morpheme_head: glut

affix_form: -glut-

sense_label: to swallow

meaning_definition: to ingest | to consume voraciously

example_words_list_1: deglutition | glut | glutton | gluttonous

example_words_corpus: gluts | englut | inglut | glutted | engluts | ingluts

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: glut

etymology: Latin glut- (stem of gluttire) 'to swallow'


morpheme_key: gluta

morpheme: gluta

morpheme_head: gluta

affix_form: gluta-

meaning_definition: glue | adhesive | sticky

example_words_list_1: glutamine | glutamines | glutaminyl | glutathione | glutaminase | glutaminyls

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Greek gluta- is not a standard independent morpheme; it likely derives from the Greek root 'glyk-' (sweet) or 'gluk-' (sweet/sticky) via Latin 'glutin-' (glue), but 'gluta-' itself is not a recognized etymological source in standard linguistic databases for English prefixes.


morpheme_key: glutamic

morpheme: glutamic

morpheme_head: glutamic

affix_form: -glutamic-

meaning_definition: glutinous | sticky | of or pertaining to glutinous substances

example_words_list_1: glutamic acid, glutamates

example_words_corpus: glutaryl | glutamate | glutarate | glutamates | glutarates | triglutamate

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Biology

etymology: Greek gloutos "glutinous" + -ic


morpheme_key: glutar

morpheme: glutar

morpheme_head: glutar

affix_form: glutar-

meaning_definition: containing glutaric acid | relating to glutaric acid

example_words_list_1: glutaronitrile

example_words_corpus: glutaronitrile

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Organic compounds, Acid derivatives

etymology: From Greek glutār (glue) + -ic, referring to the glue-like properties of glutaric acid derivatives.


morpheme_key: gluten

morpheme: gluten

morpheme_head: gluten

affix_form: -gluten-

example_words_list_1: gluten, gluten-free

example_words_corpus: glutens | gluteny | glutenin | nongluten | glutenins | antigluten

categorical_group_list: Texture, Substance

etymology: Latin gluten 'glue, paste'


morpheme_key: glutin

morpheme: glutin

morpheme_head: glutin

affix_form: glutin-

sense_label: glue

meaning_definition: adhesive substance | bonding agent

example_words_list_1: agglutinant | agglutinate | agglutination | agglutinative | glue | glutelin | gluten | glutinosity | glutinous | nonagglutinative | glutinous Variant Spellings: glue

example_words_corpus: semiglutin

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin glutin- 'glue', from glutinare 'to glue'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: glutton

morpheme: glutton

morpheme_head: glutton

affix_form: -glutton-

meaning_definition: excessive eating | greed | voraciousness

example_words_list_1: glutton, gluttony, gluttonous

example_words_corpus: gluttons | gluttonous | gluttonish | gluttonism | gluttonize | gluttonise

categorical_group_list: Eating, Greed, Excess

etymology: Latin 'gluttire' meaning 'to gulp down, swallow greedily'


morpheme_key: gly

morpheme: gly

morpheme_head: gly

affix_form: gly-

example_words_list_1: glybuzole | glybuthiazol

example_words_corpus: glybuzole | glybuthiazol

categorical_group_list: Taste, Sensory


morpheme_key: glycerine

morpheme: glycerine

morpheme_head: glycerin

affix_form: -glycerine-

allomorphs: glycerine

meaning_definition: sweet | viscous | syrup-like

example_words_list_1: glycerine, hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic

categorical_group_list: Taste, Substance


morpheme_key: glycero

morpheme: glycero

morpheme_head: glycero

affix_form: glycero-

meaning_definition: glycerol | glyceryl

example_words_list_1: glycerose | glyceroses | glycerolipid | glyceroketone | glycerolipids | glycerogenesis

etymology: Greek glykeros 'sweet'


morpheme_key: glycerol

morpheme: glycerol

morpheme_head: glycerol

affix_form: -glycerol-

meaning_definition: sweet | fatty | oily

example_words_list_1: glycerol, glyceride, glycerine

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Organic compounds

etymology: Greek glykys 'sweet' + oros 'fat/substance'


morpheme_key: glyco

morpheme: glyco

morpheme_head: glyc

affix_form: glyco-

allomorphs: glyco

example_words_list_1: glycogen | glycogenesis | glycogenolysis | glycolipid | glycophyte | glycoprotein | glycoside | glycosidic | hypoglycaemia | glycerol | triglyceride

example_words_corpus: glycome | glycomes | glycoside | glycoform | glycomics | glycosome

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition

etymology: γλυκύς (glukús) | Irregularly used (instead of glycy-) as a combining form of Greek γλυκύς sweet OED


morpheme_key: glycol

morpheme: glycol

morpheme_head: glycol

affix_form: -glycol-

example_words_list_1: glycolysis, glycogen, glycolysis

example_words_corpus: glycols | glycolate | glycollate | glycoluric | glycolates | polyglycol

categorical_group_list: Taste, Chemistry


morpheme_key: glycosamino

morpheme: glycosamino

morpheme_head: glycosamino

affix_form: glycosamino-

meaning_definition: containing a glycosyl group | glycosylated

example_words_list_1: glycosaminoglycan

example_words_corpus: glycosaminoglycan

categorical_group_list: Biochemistry, Carbohydrates

etymology: Greek glykys 'sweet' + amino acid


morpheme_key: glyph

morpheme: glyph

morpheme_head: glyph

affix_form: -glyph-

sense_label: carve

meaning_definition: carve

example_words_list_1: aglyphous, anaglyph, ditriglyph, ditriglyphic, glyph, glyptic, Glyptodon, glyptograph, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, monotriglyph, opisthoglyphous, petroglyph, proteroglyphous, solenoglyphous

example_words_corpus: glyphs | aglyph | diglyph | aglyphs | diglyphs | geoglyph

categorical_group_list: Art, Writing, Physicality

etymology: γλύφειν (glúphein), γλυφή (gluphḗ), γλυπτός(gluptós), γλυπτικός (gluptikós)


morpheme_key: glypto

morpheme: glypto

morpheme_head: glypto

affix_form: glypto-

allomorphs: glypt

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: carving | stone work | etching

example_words_list_1: glyptograph | glyptography | glyptology

example_words_list_2: glyptograph | glyptography | glyptology

categorical_group_list: Art, Craft, Physical Action

ancestor_etymon: γλυπτός  OED

etymology: etymology taken from 'glyptography', n. < Greek γλυπτός carved OED


morpheme_key: gn

morpheme: gn

morpheme_head: gn

affix_form: gn-

sense_label: birth

meaning_definition: origin | generate | lineage | category | create | creation | source | development | conceive | emerge

example_words_list_1: genesis, genetics, progeny, generate, genealogy

related_morphemes: nas1 / nas, nat1 / nat / : gen1 / gen, gen2 / gen

categorical_group_list: Generation, Origin, Biological Process

etymology: Greek gennan 'to produce, beget', from PIE *gene- 'to produce'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek, Latin


affix_form: gn

allomorphs: gnos | gnor

sense_label: know

meaning_definition: understand | perceive

example_words_list_1: agnostic, diagnosis, prognosis, agnostic

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Perception

etymology: Greek gignōskein "to know"


morpheme_key: gnarl

morpheme: gnarl

morpheme_head: gnarl

affix_form: -gnarl-

meaning_definition: twisted | knotty | distorted

example_words_list_1: gnarled, gnarliness

example_words_corpus: gnarly | gnarls | gnarled | gnarling | ungnarled | gnarlsome

categorical_group_list: Texture, Shape, Physical state

etymology: Middle English gnarl, from Old Norse gnarr 'knotty wood' or a Germanic base *gnar- 'to twist'


morpheme_key: gnash

morpheme: gnash

morpheme_head: gnash

affix_form: -gnash-

meaning_definition: grind | crush | strike together

example_words_list_1: gnashing

example_words_corpus: gnashy | gnashes | gnashed | gnasher | gnashing | gnashers

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: imitative of the sound of grinding teeth


morpheme_key: gnat

morpheme: gnat

morpheme_head: gnat

affix_form: -gnat-

meaning_definition: small biting fly

example_words_list_1: gnat

example_words_corpus: gnats | gnatty | gnatlike | gnatling | gnatworm | gnatwren

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Insect

etymology: Old English gnāt


morpheme_key: gnath

morpheme: gnath

morpheme_head: gnath

affix_form: gnath

allomorphs: gnatho

meaning_definition: jaw | jaw | relating to the jaw

example_words_list_1: gnathic, gnathostome

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: γνάθος (gnáthos)

etymology: γνάθος (gnáthos) | γναθμός | Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) | jaw | Greek gnathos : jaw

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek

pronunciation: /neɪθ/, /neɪθoʊ/, /neɪθəs/ (or /gneɪθəs/)

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: gnathous

morpheme: gnathous

morpheme_head: gnathous

affix_form: -gnathous

meaning_definition: jaw | mandible

example_words_list_1: agnathous | prognathous | epignathous | isognathous | oxygnathous | hypognathous

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological structure

etymology: Greek gnathos 'jaw'


morpheme_key: gnaw

morpheme: gnaw

morpheme_head: gnaw

affix_form: -gnaw-

meaning_definition: to bite | to erode | to consume slowly

example_words_list_1: gnaw, gnawing, gnawed

example_words_corpus: gnaws | gnawer | gnawed | begnaw | gnawing | gnawers

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption, Destruction

etymology: Old English gnagan 'to bite, chew'


morpheme_key: gnit

morpheme: gnit

morpheme_head: gnit

affix_form: -gnit-

meaning_definition: know

example_words_list_1: acquaint, acquaintance, agnition, agnize, cognition, cognitional, cognitive, cognitivity, cognizable, cognizance, cognizant, cognize, cognoscence, cognoscenti, cognoscible, cognovit, connoisseur, ennoble, ennoblement, ignoble, ignorant, ignoscible, incognito, nobiliary, nobilitate, nobilitation, nobility, noble, note, notice, noticeable, notion, notional, notionality, notoriety, notorious, precognition, quaint, reacquaint, recognition, recognize, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitre

etymology: gnoscere


morpheme_key: gno

morpheme: gno

morpheme_head: gno

affix_form: gno-

meaning_definition: understand | possess awareness of | information or understanding | lack awareness of | recognize a physical object

example_words_list_1: gnosis, gnostic, agnostic, gnomic, cognizant

related_morphemes: not1 / not

categorical_group_list: Core Concept | Capability

ancestor_etymon: gno

etymology: Greek gnō- (stem of gignōskein 'to know')

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin


morpheme_key: gnocchi

morpheme: gnocchi

morpheme_head: gnocchi

affix_form: -gnocchi-

meaning_definition: small | lump | dumpling

example_words_list_1: gnocchi

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco 'lump, knot'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: gnom

morpheme: gnom

morpheme_head: gnom

affix_form: -gnom-

allomorphs: gnomon

meaning_definition: knowledge | thought | mind

example_words_list_1: gnome, agnostic, diagnosis

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Intellect

etymology: Greek gnōmē 'thought, opinion' from gnō- 'to know'


morpheme_key: gnose

morpheme: gnose

morpheme_head: gnose

affix_form: -gnose-

allomorphs: gnosi

meaning_definition: know | knowledge | recognize

example_words_list_1: agnostic, prognosis, diagnosis, recognize

etymology: Greek gnōsis 'knowledge'


morpheme_key: gnosis

morpheme: gnosis

morpheme_head: gnosis

affix_form: -gnosis

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: understanding | awareness | awareness of prior information | comprehension of abstract concepts

example_words_list_1: agnostic, diagnosis, prognosis, misogyny

example_words_corpus: acrognosis | barognosis | morphognosis | cardiognosis

categorical_group_list: Core Concept

etymology: Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) | inquiry | knowledge | γιγνώσκειν (gignṓskein) | γνῶναι | γνωτός (gnônai | gnōtós) | γνωστός (gnōstós) | γνωστικός (gnōstikós) | γνῶσις (gnôsis) | γνῶσμα | γνώμη (gnôsma | gnṓmē) | γνώμων (gnṓmōn) | gnoscere | Greek


morpheme_key: gnostic

morpheme: gnostic

morpheme_head: gnostic

affix_form: -gnostic

example_words_list_1: acquaint | acquaintance | agnition | agnize | cognition | cognitional | cognitive | cognitivity | cognizable | cognizance | cognizant | cognize | cognoscence | cognoscenti | cognoscible | cognovit | connoisseur | ennoble | ennoblement | ignoble | ignorant | ignoscible | incognito | nobiliary | nobilitate | nobilitation | nobility | noble | note | notice | noticeable | notion | notional | notionality | notoriety | notorious | precognition | quaint | reacquaint | recognition | recognize | reconnaissance | reconnoiter | reconnoitre

example_words_corpus: agnostic | gnostics | Gnosticism | nongnostic | neognostic | geognostic

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: gnu

morpheme: gnu

morpheme_head: gnu

affix_form: -gnu-

meaning_definition: gnu

example_words_list_1: gnu

categorical_group_list: Animal, Mammal


morpheme_key: go

morpheme: go

morpheme_head: go

affix_form: -go-

meaning_definition: move | proceed | depart

example_words_list_1: go, gone, going

example_words_corpus: goer | goes | togo | goed | bego | ingo

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Proto-Germanic *gāaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁- 'to go, step'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: goad

morpheme: goad

morpheme_head: goad

affix_form: -goad-

meaning_definition: to provoke | to urge on | to incite

example_words_list_1: goad

example_words_corpus: goads | goaded | oxgoad | goader | goading | oxgoads

categorical_group_list: Action, Provocation

etymology: Old English gād 'a stick used for driving cattle'


morpheme_key: goal

morpheme: goal

morpheme_head: goal

affix_form: -goal-

meaning_definition: objective | target | aim

example_words_list_1: goal

example_words_corpus: goals | goaler | subgoal | goalers | nongoal | goalbox

categorical_group_list: Purpose, Intention

etymology: Old French 'gol' (point, target)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: goat

morpheme: goat

morpheme_head: goat

affix_form: -goat-

meaning_definition: caprine mammal | goat

example_words_list_1: goat, goatling, goatee

example_words_corpus: goats | goaty | goatly | goaten | goating | goatish

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: From Old English 'gāt', from Proto-Germanic '*gazōz', from Proto-Indo-European '*ghaido-'


morpheme_key: gob

morpheme: gob

morpheme_head: gob

affix_form: gob

meaning_definition: a lump or mouthful | a sailor | a stiff straw hat

example_words_list_1: gobs | gobby | gobble | gobful | gobbly | gobbler

etymology: From Old English 'gōb', meaning a lump or mouthful

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: gobble

morpheme: gobble

morpheme_head: gobble

affix_form: -gobble-

meaning_definition: to eat quickly and greedily | to swallow

example_words_list_1: gobble, gobbling, gobbled

example_words_corpus: gobbler | gobbles | gobblers | ungobbled

categorical_group_list: Eating, Action

etymology: Middle Dutch gobben 'to gulp, swallow'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: goblet

morpheme: goblet

morpheme_head: goblet

affix_form: -goblet-

meaning_definition: cup | drinking vessel

example_words_list_1: goblet, goblets

example_words_corpus: goblets | gobletlike

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Old French 'gobelet', diminutive of 'gobe' (cup)


morpheme_key: goblin

morpheme: goblin

morpheme_head: goblin

affix_form: -goblin-

meaning_definition: small | mischievous | humanoid creature

example_words_list_1: goblin

example_words_corpus: goblins | goblinry | hobgoblin | gobliness | goblinoid | goblindom

categorical_group_list: Creature, Fantasy

etymology: Middle French 'gobelin'

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: god

morpheme: god-

morpheme_head: god-

affix_form: god-

meaning_definition: A deity | A person of high authority | A figure of significant influence

example_words_list_1: gods | godly | ungod | Goddy | begod | exgod

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *ǥōdaz, meaning 'god' or 'divine being'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

register: literary


morpheme_key: godown

morpheme: godown

morpheme_head: godown

affix_form: -godown-

meaning_definition: to descend | to move downward | to decrease

example_words_list_1: ['godown']

example_words_corpus: godowns

categorical_group_list: Motion, Direction

etymology: Middle English 'godown' from 'go' + 'down'


morpheme_key: goer

morpheme: goer

morpheme_head: goer

affix_form: -goer

meaning_definition: one who | person who | participant in

example_words_list_1: ongoer | ongoers

example_words_corpus: ongoer | ongoers

categorical_group_list: Agent, Person

etymology: derived from the verb 'go' + agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: gog

morpheme: gog

morpheme_head: gog

affix_form: -gog-

meaning_definition: leader

example_words_list_1: demagogue | agog

example_words_list_2: demagogue | agog

categorical_group_list: Leadership, People

ancestor_etymon: gog

etymology: Greek demos "people" + agōgos "leading"


morpheme_key: goggle

morpheme: goggle

morpheme_head: goggle

affix_form: -goggle-

meaning_definition: to stare | to look intently | eyewear for protection

example_words_list_1: goggles, goggled

example_words_corpus: goggles | goggled | goggler | gogglers | agoggled | gogglebox

categorical_group_list: Vision, Perception

etymology: imitative of the wide-eyed expression

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: goitre

morpheme: goitre

morpheme_head: goitre

affix_form: -goitre-

meaning_definition: swelling of the thyroid gland

example_words_list_1: goiter, goitrous, goitrectomy, goitrogen

example_words_corpus: goitres | goitred

categorical_group_list: Medical, Anatomy

etymology: French goitre, from Greek goitros 'throat'


morpheme_key: gold

morpheme: gold

morpheme_head: gold

affix_form: -gold-

meaning_definition: gold | yellow | precious metal

example_words_list_1: goldfish, golden, goldmine

example_words_corpus: goldy | golds | golden | Goldie | digold | goldie

categorical_group_list: Material, Color, Value

etymology: Old English 'gold'


morpheme_key: goldfield

morpheme: goldfield

morpheme_head: goldfield

affix_form: -goldfield-

meaning_definition: a field of gold | a place where gold is found

example_words_list_1: goldfield, goldfields

categorical_group_list: Material, Location, Compound

etymology: Compound of 'gold' (Old English gold) and 'field' (Old English feld)


morpheme_key: golf

morpheme: golf

morpheme_head: golf

affix_form: -golf-

meaning_definition: golf

example_words_list_1: golfer, golfing, golf course

example_words_corpus: golfy | golfer | golfed | golfers | nongolf | golfese

categorical_group_list: Sport, Recreation

etymology: From Dutch 'kolven' or 'kolf', meaning 'to strike with a club' or 'club'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: goliath

morpheme: goliath

morpheme_head: goliath

affix_form: -goliath-

meaning_definition: giant | immense | massive

example_words_list_1: Goliath, Golias

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Biblical Hebrew 'golyat'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: gon

morpheme: gon

morpheme_head: gon

affix_form: -gon

allomorphs: -gon

sense_label: a figure with the number of angles specified by th

meaning_definition: a shape whose angle count is indicated by the preceding element | a polygon defined by the number of angles determined by the root

example_words_list_1: hexagon, pentagon, polygon

example_words_list_2: hexagon, pentagon, polygon

example_words_corpus: gons | digon | bigon | trigon | isogon | digons

categorical_group_list: Geometry, Shape

ancestor_etymon: -γων-ος  OED

etymology: repr. Greek -γων-ος, -ον, -angled OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek OED

source: Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: gono

morpheme: gon(o)

morpheme_head: gono

affix_form: gon-

allomorphs: phall(o)

sense_label: seed

meaning_definition: seed | generation | offspring

example_words_list_1: gonad, gonadal, gonochoric

example_words_corpus: gonopod | gonocyte | gonopods | gonosome | gonopore | gonotheca

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek gonos (seed, generation)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: gonad

morpheme: gonad

morpheme_head: gonad

affix_form: -gonad-

meaning_definition: gonad | reproductive gland

example_words_list_1: gonad, gonadal

example_words_corpus: gonads | gonadal | gonadic | gonadally | eugonadal | gonadless

categorical_group_list: Biology, Reproduction

etymology: Greek gonos 'offspring, seed'


morpheme_key: gondol

morpheme: gondol

morpheme_head: gondol

affix_form: -gondol-

meaning_definition: boat | ship

example_words_list_1: gondola, gondolier, gondola lift

categorical_group_list: Noun, Vehicle, Watercraft

etymology: Latin 'gondola' (diminutive of 'unda' wave) or Venetian 'gondola'


morpheme_key: gone

morpheme: gone

morpheme_head: gone

affix_form: -gone-

meaning_definition: departed | vanished | no longer present

example_words_list_1: gone

example_words_corpus: goner | bygone | goners | ungone | bygones | goneski

categorical_group_list: Motion, Absence, Completion

etymology: Old English 'gan' (to go)


morpheme_key: gong

morpheme: gong

morpheme_head: gong

affix_form: -gong-

meaning_definition: congratulations | joy | celebration

example_words_list_1: gongxi, gongxi fa cai

example_words_corpus: gongs | gonged | gonging | gongpit | gonglike | gongpits

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Social interaction, Chinese loanword

etymology: From Mandarin gōngxǐ (恭喜), meaning 'to congratulate', derived from gōng (congratulate) and xǐ (joy/happy).

ancestor_etymon_language: Chinese


morpheme_key: gonio

morpheme: gonio

affix_form: gonio-

allomorphs: gonio | gonium

meaning_definition: corner, angle, knee, birth, type, origin, seed

example_words_list_1: polygon, trigonometry, pentagon, gynecology

example_words_corpus: goniolens | goniotome | gonioscopy | goniometer | goniometry | gonioscope

categorical_group_list: Geometry, Shape, Anatomy

etymology: γωνία (gōnía), γόνυ (gónu)


morpheme_key: gonna

morpheme: gonna

morpheme_head: gonna

affix_form: -gonna-

meaning_definition: going to | about to

example_words_list_1: gonna

categorical_group_list: Future, Aspect, Verb

etymology: contraction of 'going to'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: gony

morpheme: gony

morpheme_head: gony

affix_form: -gony

allomorphs: -gony

sense_label: the manner of coming into being of what is denoted

meaning_definition: the process of origin and/or the analysis of beginnings | to create

example_words_list_1: cosmogony | theogony

example_words_list_2: cosmogony | theogony

example_words_corpus: gonys | geogony | merogony | telegony | gamogony | monogony

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: -γονία  OED | gen

etymology: < ancient Greek -γονία, combining form ... of γονία reproduction, begetting OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek OED | Greek


morpheme_key: good

morpheme: good

morpheme_head: good

affix_form: -good-

sense_label: excellent

meaning_definition: excellent | beneficial | virtuous | pleasant

example_words_list_1: goodness, goodwill, goodly

example_words_corpus: goods | goodo | goody | agood | goodly | goodie

categorical_group_list: Evaluation, Quality, Positive

etymology: Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ghedʰ- 'to join, unite'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: goon

morpheme: goon

morpheme_head: goon

affix_form: -goon-

meaning_definition: a foolish or silly person | a dull-witted individual

example_words_list_1: goon, goon squad, goonish

example_words_corpus: goons | goony | goonish | goonlike | goonishness

categorical_group_list: Person, Pejorative, Noun

etymology: Middle English 'gome' (man) + suffix '-on', originally meaning 'man' or 'fellow', later evolving to denote a foolish or contemptible person.


morpheme_key: goose

morpheme: goose

morpheme_head: goose

affix_form: -goose-

meaning_definition: goose

example_words_list_1: goose, geese

example_words_corpus: goosed | gooses | goosery | goosely | goosecap | peagoose

categorical_group_list: Animals, Birds

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gūsō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰū- 'to swarm, crowd'


morpheme_key: gore

morpheme: gore

morpheme_head: gore

affix_form: -gore-

meaning_definition: blood | coagulated blood

example_words_list_1: gore, gory, gorefest

example_words_corpus: gored | begore | engore | ungored | begores | engored

categorical_group_list: Physical substance, Violence

etymology: Old English 'gor' (clotted, thick, or dung)


morpheme_key: gorg

morpheme: gorg

morpheme_head: gorg

affix_form: gorg-

meaning_definition: vocal passage | vortex | current swirl | chasm | constricted path | airway | cervical region | neck adornment | aesthetic

example_words_list_1: gorge | gorgeous | gargle | disgorge | engorge | gorge (all senses) | gorgerin | gorget

related_morphemes: gurg / gurg

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Nature, Physicality

etymology: Latin 'gurg-itus' (whirlpool, gorge) from 'gurges' (whirlpool, abyss)


morpheme_key: gorgeous

morpheme: gorgeous

morpheme_head: gorgeous

affix_form: -gorgeous-

meaning_definition: beautiful | magnificent | splendid

example_words_list_1: ['gorgeous']

example_words_corpus: gorgeously | ungorgeous | gorgeousness

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Quality

etymology: Middle French 'gorgias' or 'gorgieuse'


morpheme_key: gorgon

morpheme: gorgon

morpheme_head: gorgon

affix_form: -gorgon-

meaning_definition: terrifying | monstrous | petrifying

example_words_list_1: gorgon, gorgoneion

example_words_corpus: gorgons | gorgonin | gorgonize | gorgonian | Gorgonean | gorgonized

categorical_group_list: Monstrosity, Terror

etymology: Greek gorgos 'terrible, grim'


morpheme_key: gorilla

morpheme: gorilla

morpheme_head: gorilla

affix_form: -gorilla-

meaning_definition: large primate | gorilla

example_words_list_1: gorilla

example_words_corpus: gorillas | gorillagram | gorillalike | weregorilla | gorillagrams | Chicagorilla

categorical_group_list: Animals, Primates

etymology: French 'gorille', possibly from Bantu origins


morpheme_key: gormand

morpheme: gormand

morpheme_head: gormand

affix_form: -gormand-

meaning_definition: devouring | eating | gluttonous

example_words_list_1: gormandize, gormandizing

example_words_corpus: gormands | gormandism | gormandise | gormandised | gormandises | gormandising

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Eating

etymology: Old French 'gormander' (to devour)


morpheme_key: gorse

morpheme: gorse

morpheme_head: gorse

affix_form: -gorse-

meaning_definition: a spiny evergreen shrub

example_words_list_1: gorse

example_words_corpus: gorses | gorseland | gorselands

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: Old English 'gorst'


morpheme_key: gos

morpheme: gos

morpheme_head: gos

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: a waterbird | a large aquatic bird

example_words_list_1: goshawk, gosling, gossamer

example_words_list_2: goshawk, gosling, gossamer

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gazō- (goose), from Proto-Indo-European *ghans- (goose).


morpheme_key: gospel

morpheme: gospel

morpheme_head: gospel

affix_form: -gospel-

meaning_definition: good news | glad tidings

example_words_list_1: ['gospel']

categorical_group_list: Communication, Religion, Positive

etymology: Greek euangelion 'good news'


morpheme_key: gossamer

morpheme: gossamer

morpheme_head: gossamer

affix_form: -gossamer-

meaning_definition: light | thin | delicate | filmy

example_words_list_1: gossamer

example_words_corpus: gossamery | gossamers | gossamered | gossamerlike

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Middle English 'gossamer', from 'goose' + 'samer' (summer)


morpheme_key: gossip

morpheme: gossip

morpheme_head: gossip

affix_form: -gossip-

meaning_definition: idle talk | rumors | casual conversation

example_words_list_1: gossiping, gossiper, gossipmonger

categorical_group_list: Communication, Social interaction

etymology: Middle English 'gossip', originally meaning 'godparent'


morpheme_key: got

morpheme: got

morpheme_head: got

affix_form: -got-

meaning_definition: have | possess | obtain | receive

example_words_list_1: got, gotten, getting, gets

example_words_corpus: gots | ungot | gotcha | gottest

categorical_group_list: Verb, Possession, Acquisition, Past Tense

etymology: Past tense and past participle of 'get', from Old English 'cēosan' (to choose) or 'gietan' (to obtain).


morpheme_key: goth

morpheme: goth

morpheme_head: goth

affix_form: -goth-

meaning_definition: Gothic | Gothic people | Gothic style

example_words_list_1: Gothic, Gothicism, Gothess, Gothify

example_words_corpus: goths | gothy | Gothic | gothic | gothdom | netgoth

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Culture, Style, History

etymology: Latin Gothus, from Gothic *Gutōz, from Proto-Germanic *gutōz


morpheme_key: gotham

morpheme: gotham

morpheme_head: gotham

affix_form: -gotham-

meaning_definition: Gotham | city | place

example_words_list_1: Gotham City, Gothamite, Gothamian

example_words_corpus: Gothamite | Gothamist

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Fictional City

etymology: Proper noun derived from Gotham, a village in Nottinghamshire, England, later popularized as a fictional city associated with Batman.


morpheme_key: gott

morpheme: gott

morpheme_head: gott

affix_form: -gott-

allomorphs: gotta

meaning_definition: god

example_words_list_1: godfather, godmother, godchild, godsend, godless

categorical_group_list: Deity, Religion, Core concept

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰut- 'to call, invoke'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: gouge

morpheme: gouge

morpheme_head: gouge

affix_form: -gouge-

meaning_definition: to scoop | to cut | to hollow out

example_words_list_1: gouge

example_words_corpus: gouger | gouged | gouges | gougers

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality, Damage

etymology: Middle English gougen, possibly related to Old French gouge


morpheme_key: goulash

morpheme: goulash

morpheme_head: goulash

affix_form: -goulash-

meaning_definition: stew | soup | dish

example_words_list_1: goulash, goulash-pot, goulash-stew

example_words_corpus: goulashes

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: Hungarian 'gulyás' (from 'gulyás' meaning herdsman)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hungarian


morpheme_key: gourd

morpheme: gourd

morpheme_head: gourd

affix_form: -gourd-

meaning_definition: fleshy fruit | vessel | container

example_words_list_1: gourd, gourdy

example_words_corpus: gourds | gourder | gourders | gourdful | gourdlike | gourdworm

categorical_group_list: Botany, Container

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gurđaz, from PIE *gher- 'to grasp, hold'


morpheme_key: gourmand

morpheme: gourmand

morpheme_head: gourmand

affix_form: -gourmand-

meaning_definition: connoisseur | lover of food | glutton

example_words_list_1: gourmand

example_words_corpus: gourmands | gourmandise | gourmandism | gourmandised | gourmandises | gourmandising

categorical_group_list: Food, Consumption, Sensory

etymology: French 'gourmand' (greedy, gluttonous)


morpheme_key: gourmet

morpheme: gourmet

morpheme_head: gourmet

affix_form: -gourmet-

meaning_definition: connoisseur | expert | fine food lover

example_words_list_1: gourmet

example_words_corpus: gourmets | nongourmet | gourmetlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Person, Expertise

etymology: French 'gourmet' (originally 'gourmand')


morpheme_key: gout

morpheme: gout

morpheme_head: gout

affix_form: -gout-

meaning_definition: gout | swelling | drop

example_words_list_1: gouty, goutiness

example_words_corpus: gouty | gouts | goutily | goutish | goutweed | goutwort

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Pathology, Fluid

etymology: Latin gutta 'drop'


morpheme_key: gov

morpheme: gov

morpheme_head: gov

affix_form: -gov-

meaning_definition: to rule | to direct | to control

example_words_list_1: govern, governor, governance

categorical_group_list: Control, Authority

etymology: Latin 'gubernare' 'to steer, guide, rule', from Greek 'kybernān' 'to steer'


morpheme_key: govern

morpheme: govern

morpheme_head: govern

affix_form: -govern-

meaning_definition: to rule | to direct

example_words_list_1: govern, governess, governance, government, governor

example_words_corpus: governs | governor | governed | cogovern | governee | governing

related_morphemes: cyber / cyber

categorical_group_list: Control, Leadership, Authority

etymology: Latin 'gubernare' 'to steer, guide, rule'


morpheme_key: gown

morpheme: gown

morpheme_head: gown

affix_form: -gown-

meaning_definition: a long loose outer garment | a robe

example_words_list_1: gown

example_words_corpus: gowns | gowned | begown | ungown | gownie | bedgown

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Old French 'gonde' or 'gaun'


morpheme_key: grab

morpheme: grab

morpheme_head: grab

affix_form: -grab-

meaning_definition: to seize | to clutch | to take hold of

example_words_list_1: grab, grabbed, grabbing, grabby, grabber

example_words_corpus: grabs | grabby | ungrab | grabber | grabass | grabbed

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: Middle English grabben, of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse grabba 'to grab'


morpheme_key: grace

morpheme: grace

morpheme_head: grace

affix_form: -grace-

allomorphs: grac

meaning_definition: pleasing | thankful

example_words_list_1: gracious | grace | disgrace

example_words_list_2: gracious | grace | disgrace

example_words_corpus: graces | graced | gracer | gracen | graceth | begrace

categorical_group_list: Positive attribute, Social interaction

etymology: Latin grātia 'favor, kindness, thanks', from grātus 'pleasing, agreeable'


morpheme_key: gracias

morpheme: gracias

morpheme_head: gracias

affix_form: -gracias-

meaning_definition: thanks | gratitude

example_words_list_1: grateful, gratitude, gratuitous, gratify

categorical_group_list: Gratitude, Social interaction

etymology: Latin 'gratias' (accusative plural of 'gratia' meaning 'favor, thanks'), from 'gratus' meaning 'pleasing, thankful'


morpheme_key: grad

morpheme: grad

morpheme_head: grad

affix_form: grad-

sense_label: grad

meaning_definition: stage | increment | speed

example_words_list_1: gradient, graduate, degrade, prograde, retrograde

example_words_corpus: grads

related_morphemes: gress / gress

categorical_group_list: Core Concept

ancestor_etymon: grad

etymology: Latin gradus "step, pace"

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


morpheme_key: gradient

morpheme: gradient

morpheme_head: gradient

affix_form: -gradient-

meaning_definition: step | slope | gradual change

example_words_list_1: gradual, degrade, regrade

example_words_corpus: gradienter | subgradient | gradienters

categorical_group_list: Motion, Degree, Progression

etymology: Latin gradus 'step, pace'


morpheme_key: gradual

morpheme: gradual

morpheme_head: gradual

affix_form: -gradual-

meaning_definition: step | stage | degree

example_words_list_1: gradual, degrade, regrade, digrade

example_words_corpus: graduals | gradually | ungradual | gradualist | gradualism | graduality

categorical_group_list: Motion, Progression, Degree


morpheme_key: graduate

morpheme: graduate

morpheme_head: graduate

affix_form: -graduate-

meaning_definition: step | stage | gradated

example_words_list_1: gradual, degrade, regrade, graduated

example_words_corpus: graduated | graduates | pregraduate | nongraduate | subgraduate | postgraduate

categorical_group_list: Movement, Progression, Degree


morpheme_key: graffiti

morpheme: graffiti

morpheme_head: graffiti

affix_form: -graffiti-

meaning_definition: writing | markings | inscriptions

example_words_list_1: graffiti, graffitist, graffito

categorical_group_list: Visual Art, Writing

etymology: Italian 'graffito', from 'graffiare' 'to scratch'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: graft

morpheme: graft

morpheme_head: graft

affix_form: -graft-

meaning_definition: to join | to attach | to transplant

example_words_list_1: graft, grafting, grafted

example_words_corpus: grafts | grafter | grafted | engraft | regraft | grafting

categorical_group_list: Action, Connection

etymology: Latin 'graftare' (to graft), of unknown origin, possibly related to 'crassus' (thick) or a Germanic loanword.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: grail

morpheme: grail

morpheme_head: grail

affix_form: -grail-

meaning_definition: sacred vessel | cup | object of a quest

example_words_list_1: grail

example_words_corpus: grails | engrail | engrails | engrailment | engrailments

categorical_group_list: Object, Sacred, Quest

etymology: Old French graal 'dish, platter'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: grain

morpheme: grain

morpheme_head: grain

affix_form: -grain-

meaning_definition: small particle | seed | cereal | texture

example_words_list_1: grainy, regrain, grainless

example_words_corpus: grainy | grains | grained | grainer | graining | grainily

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance, Texture

etymology: Old French 'grain' (seed, grain), from Latin 'granum' (grain, seed)


morpheme_key: gram

morpheme: gram

morpheme_head: gram

affix_form: -gram-

sense_label: letter

meaning_definition: character | script

example_words_list_1: anagram | anagrammatic | diagram | diagrammatic | engram | epigram | epigrammatic | grammar | grammatic | grammaticist | hologram | lipogram | monogram | pangrammatic | pentagram | program | programmatic | telegram | telegramme | tetragram | tetragrammaton | trigram | cardiogram | cryptogram | electroencephalogram | grammatical | gramophone

example_words_corpus: grams | bigram | digram | oogram | exagram | anagram

related_morphemes: graph / graph

categorical_group_list: Communication, Writing, Notation

etymology: Greek gramma (γράμμα) 'letter, writing'


morpheme_key: gramin

morpheme: gramin

morpheme_head: gramin

affix_form: -gramin-

meaning_definition: a herbaceous plant with narrow, blade-like leaves | plant resembling grass in structure

example_words_list_1: gramineous, graminivorous

example_words_list_2: gramineous, graminivorous

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Latin grāmen (genitive graminis) 'grass'


morpheme_key: gramm

morpheme: gramm

morpheme_head: gramm

affix_form: gramm-

allomorphs: gramme

meaning_definition: letter | writing

example_words_list_1: anagram | anagrammatic | diagram | diagrammatic | engram | epigram | epigrammatic | grammar | grammatic | grammaticist | hologram | lipogram | monogram | pangrammatic | pentagram | program | programmatic | telegram | telegramme | tetragram | tetragrammaton | trigram

categorical_group_list: Writing, Communication, Symbolism

etymology: γράφειν (gráphein) | γράμμα | γράμματος (grámma | grámmatos) | γραμματικός (grammatikós) | γράμματος(grámma | γραμματικός(grammatikós)


morpheme_key: grammar

morpheme: grammar

morpheme_head: grammar

affix_form: -grammar-

meaning_definition: system of rules | structure of language

example_words_list_1: grammar, grammatical, ungrammatical, grammatically

example_words_corpus: grammars | grammared | nongrammar | subgrammar | grammarism | grammarese

categorical_group_list: Language, Structure

etymology: Greek grammatikē "the art of writing"


morpheme_key: grammatic

morpheme: grammatic

morpheme_head: grammatic

affix_form: -grammatic-

meaning_definition: writing | letters | grammar

example_words_list_1: grammatical, grammatician

categorical_group_list: Linguistics, Structure

etymology: Greek grammatikos 'pertaining to grammar', from grammata 'letters'


morpheme_key: gran

morpheme: gran

morpheme_head: gran

affix_form: gran-

sense_label: grain

meaning_definition: minute particle | plant's reproductive unit

example_words_list_1: degranulation | engrain | grain | granary | grange | granger | granite | granivore | granivorous | granivory | granola | ingrain | multigrain | graniferous | granular | granulate | granuloma | pomegranate Variant Spellings: filigree | garner | filigree

example_words_corpus: grans

related_morphemes: grenad / grenad

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin granum 'grain, seed'


morpheme_key: grand

morpheme: grand

morpheme_head: grand

affix_form: grand-

allomorphs: grande

sense_label: kinship of the second degree

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: second-degree familial relation | magnificent | exceptionally large | considerable size | in a magnificent manner | with grandeur | dignified manner | more extensive | existing longer | substantial size

example_words_list_1: grandeur, grandiose, grandstand

example_words_corpus: grands | grandpa | grandly | ungrand | grandson | grandkid

related_morphemes: compare petit / petit

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude, Status

ancestor_etymon: grand-em  OED

etymology: Latin grandis 'large, great'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

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


morpheme_key: grandee

morpheme: grandee

morpheme_head: grandee

affix_form: -grandee-

meaning_definition: nobleman | person of high rank

example_words_list_1: grandee, grandees

example_words_corpus: grandees | grandeeship | grandeeships

categorical_group_list: Status, Hierarchy

etymology: Spanish 'grande' 'large, great'

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: grandis

morpheme: grandis

morpheme_head: grandis

affix_form: grand

meaning_definition: large | significant | magnificent

example_words_list_1: grandeur, grandiose, grandiloquent, aggrandize

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude, Importance

ancestor_etymon: grand


morpheme_key: granite

morpheme: granite

morpheme_head: granite

affix_form: -granite-

sense_label: hard

meaning_definition: hard | igneous | stone

example_words_list_1: granite, granitic, granitoid

example_words_corpus: granites | graniteware | granitelike | granitewares | microgranite | Graniteville

categorical_group_list: Material, Earth, Nature

etymology: Italian granito, from grano 'grain'


morpheme_key: grano

morpheme: grano

morpheme_head: grano

affix_form: grano-

meaning_definition: a coarse-grained rock | a tough, mineral-rich stone

example_words_list_1: granolith | granophyre

example_words_list_2: granolith, granophyre

categorical_group_list: Texture, Material

ancestor_etymon: granito  OED

etymology: etymology taken from granophyre < Italian granito (originally a participial adjective = 'grained'), < grano grain n.1 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian  OED


morpheme_key: grant

morpheme: grant

morpheme_head: grant

affix_form: -grant-

meaning_definition: to give | to bestow | to allow

example_words_list_1: grant, grantee, grantor

example_words_corpus: grants | grantee | granted | granter | regrant | ungrant

categorical_group_list: Giving, Permission, Action

etymology: Old French grant, from Latin largus 'abundant, generous'


morpheme_key: granule

morpheme: granule

morpheme_head: granule

affix_form: -granule-

meaning_definition: small grain | tiny particle | seed-like

example_words_list_1: granular, granulate, granulated

example_words_corpus: granules | subgranule | mesogranule | nanogranule | subgranules

categorical_group_list: Size, Texture, Physicality

etymology: Latin granulum, diminutive of granum 'grain'


morpheme_key: granulo

morpheme: granulo

morpheme_head: granul

affix_form: granulo-

allomorphs: granulo

meaning_definition: grain | small particle | granular

example_words_list_1: granulocyte | granulocytic | granuloma | granuloma_inguinale | granulomatous | granulose | granular | granularity | granulate | granulation | granule | granulosis

categorical_group_list: Texture, Size, Biology

ancestor_etymon: grānulum  OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED


morpheme_key: granulocyte

morpheme: granulocyte

morpheme_head: granulocyte

affix_form: -granulocyte-

meaning_definition: granulocyte | white blood cell containing granules

example_words_list_1: neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil

categorical_group_list: Biology, Medicine, Cellular structure

etymology: Latin granulum 'little grain' + cyte 'cell'


morpheme_key: grape

morpheme: grape

morpheme_head: grape

affix_form: -grape-

meaning_definition: small | fleshy | berry-like fruit

example_words_list_1: grapefruit, grapevine, grape-like

example_words_corpus: grapes | grapey | graped | grapery | grapeshot | grapevine

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Old French grape, from Latin uva 'grape'


morpheme_key: graph

morpheme: graph

morpheme_head: graph

affix_form: graph-

allomorphs: grapho

sense_label: draw

meaning_definition: create visual | record text | analytical study of form

example_words_list_1: graph, graphic, graphology, autograph, calligraphy

example_words_corpus: graphs | digraph | graphed | cograph | bigraph | graphon

related_morphemes: gram / gram

etymology: Greek graphein 'to write'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | French from Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: grapher

morpheme: grapher

morpheme_head: grapher

affix_form: -grapher

meaning_definition: one who writes | one who records | agent of writing

example_words_list_1: geographer | zoographer | xylographer | demographer | geographers | zoographers

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

etymology: Greek -graphos (writing) + -er (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: graphic

morpheme: graphic

morpheme_head: graphic

affix_form: -graphic

meaning_definition: relating to writing | relating to drawing or depicting | characterized by visual representation

example_words_list_1: graphics | graphical | graphicly | cographic | graphician | nongraphic

etymology: Greek -graphia (writing) from -graphia (writing) + graphein (to write)


morpheme_key: graphical

morpheme: graphical

morpheme_head: graphical

affix_form: -graphical

meaning_definition: pertaining to writing | pertaining to drawing | characterized by visual representation

example_words_list_1: orthographical | phytographical | angiographical | orthographically | unorthographical | archaeographical

categorical_group_list: Representation, Description

etymology: Greek -graphikos (pertaining to writing/drawing)


morpheme_key: graphist

morpheme: graphist

morpheme_head: graphist

affix_form: -graphist

meaning_definition: one who writes | writer | drawer

etymology: Greek -graphos (writing) + -ist (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: graphy

morpheme: graphy

morpheme_head: graphy

affix_form: -graphy

meaning_definition: inscribing | depicting | documenting

example_words_list_1: biography, photography, geography, calligraphy, typography

example_words_corpus: urography | orography | zoography | neography | myography | otography

ancestor_etymon: -γραϕία  OED

etymology: Greek -γραφία (-graphía) | written | drawn | graphic interpretation | γράφειν (gráphein) | γραφικός (graphikós) | γραφή (graphḗ) | γραφία (graphía) | γραφεῖον (grapheîon) | repr. Greek -γραϕία in nouns adapted OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: grapple

morpheme: grapple

morpheme_head: grapple

affix_form: -grapple-

meaning_definition: to seize | to clutch | to struggle

example_words_list_1: grapple, grappling, grappled

example_words_corpus: ungrapple | grapplehooks

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: From Old French 'grappe' (cluster, bunch of grapes), likely from a Germanic source meaning 'to grasp'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: grasp

morpheme: grasp

morpheme_head: grasp

affix_form: -grasp-

meaning_definition: to seize | to hold | to understand

example_words_list_1: grasp, grasping, graspable

example_words_corpus: grasps | grasped | grasper | engrasp | begrasp | regrasp

categorical_group_list: Action, Perception, Physicality

etymology: Old English *graspian

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: grass

morpheme: grass

morpheme_head: grass

affix_form: -grass-

meaning_definition: vegetation | greenery | blade of plant

example_words_list_1: grassland, bluegrass, lemongrass

example_words_corpus: grassy | grasses | grassed | grasser | grassing | nutgrass

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Old English 'græs'


morpheme_key: grata

morpheme: grata

morpheme_head: grat

affix_form: -grata-

allomorphs: grata

meaning_definition: pleasing | thankful | gratified

example_words_list_1: gratitude, grateful, gratify, ingratiate

categorical_group_list: Affection, Positive Emotion

etymology: Latin gratus 'pleasing, agreeable'


morpheme_key: gratiate

morpheme: gratiate

morpheme_head: gratiate

affix_form: -gratiate-

meaning_definition: pleasing | favor | grace

example_words_list_1: gratitude, ingratiate, gratify

categorical_group_list: Affection, Positive affect

etymology: Latin grātus 'pleasing, agreeable'


morpheme_key: gratis

morpheme: gratis

morpheme_head: gratis

affix_form: -gratis-

meaning_definition: free | for nothing | without charge

example_words_list_1: gratis

categorical_group_list: Gratuity, Absence

etymology: Latin gratis 'free, for nothing', from gratus 'pleasing, agreeable'


morpheme_key: grav

morpheme: grav

morpheme_head: grav

affix_form: -grav-

sense_label: gravel, sand

meaning_definition: small stones | fine grains

example_words_list_1: grave (to clean the hull of a ship), gravel

categorical_group_list: Material, Earth

etymology: Old French 'grave' (sand, grit)


affix_form: grav-

allomorphs: grav(i) | gravi

sense_label: heavy

meaning_definition: burdensome | expectant | substantial | deliberate | grave | stately | earnest

example_words_list_1: aggravate | aggravation | aggravative | aggravator | aggrieve | aggrievement | degravation | gravamen | grave | gravid | gravida | gravidity | gravitas | gravitate | gravitation | gravitational | gravity | grief | grieve | grievance | grievant | grievous | ingravescence | ingravescent | multigravida | multigravidity | nongravitational | nulligravida | primigravida | reaggravate | supergravity | engrave | grave (accent mark) | grave (serious) | grave (slow | as in music) | gravity (force) | gravity (seriousness) | myasthenia gravis Variant Spellings: aggrieve

related_morphemes: compare lev2 / lev

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: grav

etymology: Latin gravis "heavy, serious"


morpheme_key: gravel

morpheme: gravel

morpheme_head: gravel

affix_form: -gravel-

meaning_definition: small loose stones or pebbles | crushed stone

example_words_list_1: gravel, gravelly, graveling

example_words_corpus: gravely | gravels | gravelly | graveled | regravel | gravelled

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Middle English 'grauel', related to 'grind'


morpheme_key: gravid

morpheme: gravid

morpheme_head: gravid

affix_form: -gravid-

meaning_definition: burdened | carrying a child | substantial

example_words_list_1: aggravate, aggravation, aggravative, aggravator, aggrieve, aggrievement, degravation, gravamen, grave, gravid, gravida, gravidity, gravitas, gravitate, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, grief, grieve, grievance, grievant, grievous, ingravescence, ingravescent, multigravida, multigravidity, nongravitational, nulligravida, primigravida, reaggravate, supergravity, engrave

example_words_corpus: gravidly | nongravid | pregravid | multigravid | ingravidation | multigravidity

categorical_group_list: Weight, Mass, Pressure

etymology: gravis


morpheme_key: gravitate

morpheme: gravitate

morpheme_head: gravitate

affix_form: -gravitate-

meaning_definition: to move toward | to pull | to attract

example_words_list_1: gravity, gravitation, gravitational

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physics, Attraction

etymology: Latin gravis 'heavy'


morpheme_key: gravity

morpheme: gravity

morpheme_head: gravity

affix_form: -gravity-

meaning_definition: weight | attraction | heaviness

categorical_group_list: Physics, Force, Mass

etymology: Latin gravitas 'heaviness', from gravis 'heavy'


morpheme_key: gravy

morpheme: gravy

morpheme_head: gravy

affix_form: -gravy-

meaning_definition: thick sauce | liquid meat byproduct

example_words_list_1: gravy

example_words_corpus: gravylike | gravyless

categorical_group_list: Food, Liquid

etymology: Middle English gravy, from Old French gravé


morpheme_key: gray

morpheme: gray

morpheme_head: gray

affix_form: gray-

meaning_definition: gray

example_words_list_1: gray, grayish, grayness

example_words_corpus: grays | grayed | grayly | Grayan | ungray | grayish

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual perception

etymology: γλαυκός (glaukós), γλαυκότης, γλαύξ, γλαῦκος

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: grayish

morpheme: grayish

morpheme_head: grayish

affix_form: grayish-

categorical_group_list: Color, Appearance


morpheme_key: graze

morpheme: graze

morpheme_head: graze

affix_form: -graze-

meaning_definition: to eat grass | to rub against | to touch lightly

example_words_list_1: grazed, grazing, grazer

example_words_corpus: grazes | grazer | grazed | grazers | regraze | grazeth

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption, Motion

etymology: Middle English 'grasen', related to 'grass'


morpheme_key: grease

morpheme: grease

morpheme_head: grease

affix_form: -grease-

meaning_definition: oily | fatty | slippery | lubricant

example_words_list_1: grease, greaser, greasiness, greasepaint

example_words_corpus: greaser | greases | greased | greasen | degrease | greasers

categorical_group_list: Substance, Texture

etymology: Old English grēas 'fat, lard'


morpheme_key: great

morpheme: great

morpheme_head: great

affix_form: great-

meaning_definition: a family relation at the third level of kinship | a blood connection through a shared grandparent

example_words_list_1: great-aunt | great-grandchild | great-gradfather

example_words_corpus: greats | greatly | greaten | ungreat | greatens | nongreat

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Magnitude

ancestor_etymon: grōz  OED

etymology: Old English grēat 'large, big, important', from Proto-Germanic *grōtai- (cf. Old Saxon grōt, Old High German grōz, Gothic grōts)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old High German OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: grebe

morpheme: grebe

morpheme_head: grebe

affix_form: -grebe-

meaning_definition: grebe

example_words_list_1: grebe

example_words_corpus: grebes | sungrebe | sungrebes

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: From Old English 'grebe', a waterfowl, related to Dutch 'griebe' and German 'Griebe'.


morpheme_key: grecian

morpheme: grecian

morpheme_head: grecian

affix_form: -grecian-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Greece or the Greeks

example_words_list_1: grecian

example_words_corpus: Grecianness | Grecianship

categorical_group_list: Proper adjective, Locative, Cultural

etymology: From Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos


morpheme_key: gred

morpheme: gred

morpheme_head: gred

affix_form: gred-

meaning_definition: walk | step | go

example_words_list_1: progress, regression, digress, egress, digress

categorical_group_list: Motion, Progression

etymology: gradi | gressus ~to step~ | from gradus ~step~


morpheme_key: gree

morpheme: gree

morpheme_head: gree

affix_form: -gree-

meaning_definition: pleasing, thankful

example_words_list_1: gracious, grace, disgrace

example_words_list_2: gracious, grace, disgrace

example_words_corpus: grees

categorical_group_list: Positive affect, Social interaction

etymology: Latin gratus 'pleasing, thankful'


morpheme_key: greece

morpheme: greece

morpheme_head: greece

affix_form: -greece-

meaning_definition: Greece | Greek

example_words_list_1: Greek

example_words_corpus: Grexit

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nationality

etymology: From Latin Graecia, from Greek Graikia, the land of the Graeans


morpheme_key: greed

morpheme: greed

morpheme_head: greed

affix_form: -greed-

meaning_definition: intense desire for wealth or gain | avarice | cupidity

example_words_list_1: greedy, greedily, greediness

example_words_corpus: greedy | greeds | greedily | ungreedy | greedhead | nongreedy

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Vice, Desire

etymology: Old English grǣdig 'greedy, avaricious'


morpheme_key: greek

morpheme: greek

morpheme_head: greek

affix_form: -greek-

meaning_definition: Greek | of or relating to Greece or the Greeks

example_words_list_1: Greek, Hellenic, Greeklish

example_words_corpus: greeks | Greeker | Greekly | greeking | Greekess | Greeklish

categorical_group_list: Geography, Culture, Language

etymology: From Latin 'Graecus', derived from the Greek ethnonym 'Graikos'.


morpheme_key: green

morpheme: green

morpheme_head: green

affix_form: -green-

allomorphs: greene

meaning_definition: having the color green | fresh | inexperienced

example_words_list_1: greenery, greenish, evergreen

example_words_corpus: greens | greeny | Greeny | greenie | ungreen | greened

categorical_group_list: Color, Nature

etymology: Old English 'grēne'


morpheme_key: greenfield

morpheme: greenfield

morpheme_head: greenfield

affix_form: -greenfield-

meaning_definition: a new beginning | a fresh start | an unexplored area

example_words_list_1: greenfield project, greenfield site, greenfield development

categorical_group_list: Metaphor, Newness, Geography

etymology: Compound of 'green' (symbolizing newness or vitality) and 'field' (an open space or domain), coined in the 19th century to denote a new enterprise or untried territory.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: greenland

morpheme: greenland

morpheme_head: greenland

affix_form: -greenland-

meaning_definition: Greenland

example_words_list_1: Greenlandic, Greenlanders

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From Old Norse 'Grønland' meaning 'Green Land', composed of 'grøn' (green) and 'land' (land).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: greet

morpheme: greet

morpheme_head: greet

affix_form: -greet-

meaning_definition: to welcome | to salute | to acknowledge presence

example_words_list_1: greeting, greetings

example_words_corpus: greets | greetz | greeted | greeter | regreet | begreet

categorical_group_list: Social Interaction, Communication

etymology: Old French greiter 'to welcome'


morpheme_key: greg

morpheme: greg

morpheme_head: greg

affix_form: -greg-

sense_label: flock

meaning_definition: flock | herd | gather

example_words_list_1: aggregate | aggregation | aggregator | congregant | congregate | congregation | congregational | desegregate | desegregation | disaggregate | disgregate | disgregation | egregious | gregarian | gregarine | gregarious | intercongregational | segregate | segregation

example_words_list_2: aggregate, aggregation, aggregator, congregant, congregate, congregation, congregational, desegregate, desegregation, disaggregate, disgregate, disgregation, egregious, gregarian, gregarine, gregarious, intercongregational, segregate, segregation

categorical_group_list: Collection, Movement

etymology: grex | gregis


morpheme_key: gregorio

morpheme: gregorio

morpheme_head: gregorio

affix_form: -gregorio-

meaning_definition: watchful | vigilant | alert

example_words_list_1: Gregory

categorical_group_list: Vigilance, Supervision

etymology: Latin Gregorius, from Greek Gregorios 'watchful, vigilant', from gregorein 'to watch'


morpheme_key: gregory

morpheme: gregory

morpheme_head: gregory

affix_form: -gregory-

example_words_list_1: Gregorian, gregarious

example_words_corpus: gregoryite

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vigilance

etymology: Greek gregorein "to be watchful"


morpheme_key: grenade

morpheme: grenade

morpheme_head: grenade

affix_form: -grenade-

allomorphs: grenad

meaning_definition: explosive device | pomegranate-shaped projectile

example_words_list_1: grenade

example_words_corpus: grenades | grenadelike

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Explosives

etymology: French grenade, from Italian granata 'pomegranate'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: gress

morpheme: gress

morpheme_head: gress

affix_form: -gress-

sense_label: walk, step, go

meaning_definition: move on foot | advance step by step | proceed

example_words_list_1: regress, progress, digress, egress, ingress

etymology: gradi, gressus ~to step~, from gradus ~step~


morpheme_key: grew

morpheme: grew

morpheme_head: grew

affix_form: -grew-

meaning_definition: increase in size | develop | mature

example_words_list_1: grow, growth, grower, outgrowth

example_words_corpus: grewest

categorical_group_list: Growth, Change, Development

etymology: Old English 'growan' (to grow, increase), from Proto-Germanic '*xrawaną', from Proto-Indo-European '*ghreH-' (to grow, become fat)


morpheme_key: grey

morpheme: grey

morpheme_head: grey

affix_form: -grey-

sense_label: grey

meaning_definition: grey | pale | wan

example_words_list_1: greyish, greyhound, greyly

example_words_corpus: greyed | greyly | ungrey | greyish | greying | greylag

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Old English grǣg 'grey, pale, or wan'


morpheme_key: grid

morpheme: grid

morpheme_head: grid

affix_form: -grid-

meaning_definition: network | lattice | framework

example_words_list_1: gridlock, grids, gridiron

example_words_corpus: grids | subgrid | geogrid | gridder | isogrid | gridiron

categorical_group_list: Structure, Pattern

etymology: Middle English gridde, related to Old English grydd (enclosure, lattice)


morpheme_key: griddle

morpheme: griddle

morpheme_head: griddle

affix_form: -griddle-

meaning_definition: flat cooking surface | pan

example_words_list_1: griddle

example_words_corpus: griddles | griddled | griddlecake | antigriddle | griddlecakes | antigriddles

categorical_group_list: Cooking, Tools

etymology: Middle English griddle, from related to grid


morpheme_key: grief

morpheme: grief

morpheme_head: grief

affix_form: -grief-

meaning_definition: sorrow | deep sadness | distress

example_words_list_1: grief, griefed

example_words_corpus: griefs | agrief | griefer | ungrief | griefful | griefers

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative affect

etymology: Old English 'græf' (sorrow, grief)


morpheme_key: grieve

morpheme: grieve

morpheme_head: grieve

affix_form: -grieve-

meaning_definition: to feel sorrow | to mourn | to suffer distress

example_words_list_1: grieve, grieving, grief, grievous

example_words_corpus: grieved | griever | grieven | grievers | grieveth | engrieve

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sorrow

etymology: Old French 'grever' (to weigh down, oppress)


morpheme_key: griff

morpheme: griff

morpheme_head: griff

affix_form: -griff

meaning_definition: a mythical creature | a legendary beast

example_words_list_1: griffin, hippogriff

example_words_list_2: griffin, hippogriff

example_words_corpus: griffs

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythical

etymology: Greek gryps (griffin)


morpheme_key: griffin

morpheme: griffin

morpheme_head: griffin

affix_form: -griffin-

meaning_definition: mythical creature | lion-eagle hybrid

example_words_list_1: griffin

example_words_corpus: griffins | griffiness | griffinism | griffinish

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythology

etymology: Greek gryps 'griffin'


morpheme_key: grill

morpheme: grill

morpheme_head: grill

affix_form: -grill-

allomorphs: grille

meaning_definition: to cook on a grate | a metal framework for cooking

example_words_list_1: grill, grilling, griller

example_words_corpus: grills | grilled | griller | grilling | grillers | pregrill

categorical_group_list: Cooking, Metalwork

etymology: Middle French 'gril' (a metal grate)


morpheme_key: grim

morpheme: grim

morpheme_head: grim

affix_form: -grim-

meaning_definition: stern | forbidding | uninviting

example_words_list_1: grim, grimace, grimness

example_words_corpus: grims | grimly | grimsir | grimful | grimness | grimsirs

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Appearance, Disposition

etymology: Old English grimm 'fierce, cruel, savage', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grimmig and German Grimm.


morpheme_key: grimace

morpheme: grimace

morpheme_head: grimace

affix_form: -grimace-

meaning_definition: facial expression of pain | contortion of the face

example_words_list_1: grimace

example_words_corpus: grimaces | grimaced | grimacer | grimacers

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Facial expression

etymology: Middle French grimace (a distorted face)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: grimes

morpheme: grimes

morpheme_head: grimes

affix_form: -grimes-

meaning_definition: grime | dirt | soot

example_words_list_1: grime, grimey, grime-covered

categorical_group_list: Dirt, Filth, Physical state

etymology: From Old English 'grīm' meaning 'grim, fierce' or 'grima' meaning 'mask, helmet', later shifting to mean dirt or soot in Middle English.


morpheme_key: grimm

morpheme: grimm

morpheme_head: grimm

affix_form: -grimm-

meaning_definition: grim | fierce | severe | harsh

example_words_list_1: grim, grimace, grimly, grimness

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Emotion, Appearance, Germanic

etymology: From Old English 'grima' (mask, visor) or Proto-Germanic '*grimaz', related to Old Norse 'grímr' (mask, hood).

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: grin

morpheme: grin

morpheme_head: grin

affix_form: -grin-

meaning_definition: smile | wide smile

example_words_list_1: grin, grinning, grinner

example_words_corpus: grins | agrin | agrins | grinned | grinner | outgrin

etymology: Middle English grin (to show teeth, to sneer)


morpheme_key: grind

morpheme: grind

morpheme_head: grind

affix_form: -grind-

meaning_definition: to crush | to rub | to wear down

example_words_list_1: grind, grinding, grinder

example_words_corpus: grinds | grindy | grinder | regrind | grinded | togrind

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical process

etymology: Old English 'grindan'


morpheme_key: grip

morpheme: grip

morpheme_head: grip

affix_form: -grip-

allomorphs: gripe

meaning_definition: to hold | to clutch | grasp

example_words_list_1: grip, gripes, gripping

example_words_corpus: grips | gript | begrip | grippy | regrip | gripper

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: Middle English grip, from Old English gripan 'to seize'


morpheme_key: grippe

morpheme: grippe

morpheme_head: grippe

affix_form: -grippe-

meaning_definition: influenza | grip | seizure

example_words_list_1: grippe

example_words_corpus: grippy | postgrippal

categorical_group_list: Disease, Physical sensation

etymology: French 'grippe' (to seize/grasp)


morpheme_key: gris

morpheme: gris

morpheme_head: gris

affix_form: gris

allomorphs: griz

meaning_definition: ashen | sooty | slate

example_words_list_1: ambergris, éminence grise, grisaille, griseous, grisette, grizzled, grizzly unrelated: grisly, grist, gristle, verdigris

example_words_corpus: grisy | grises

etymology: Old French gris 'gray'


morpheme_key: grist

morpheme: grist

morpheme_head: grist

affix_form: -grist-

meaning_definition: grain | ground | crushed

example_words_list_1: grist, gristmill

example_words_corpus: grists | gristle | gristly | gristles | gristmill | gristmills

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Old English gryst "ground grain"


morpheme_key: grit

morpheme: grit

morpheme_head: grit

affix_form: -grit-

meaning_definition: small hard particles | courage | determination

example_words_list_1: gritty, grit

example_words_corpus: grits | gritty | gritted | gritter | peagrit | gritten

categorical_group_list: Texture, Substance, Character

etymology: Middle English grit, related to grind


morpheme_key: grizzle

morpheme: grizzle

morpheme_head: grizzle

affix_form: -grizzle-

meaning_definition: to complain | to grumble | to whine

example_words_list_1: grizzle, grizzled

example_words_corpus: grizzled | grizzles | grizzler | grizzlers | ungrizzled

categorical_group_list: Verbal action, Complaint

etymology: imitative of the sound of whining or whimpering


morpheme_key: groan

morpheme: groan

morpheme_head: groan

affix_form: -groan-

meaning_definition: low mournful sound | moan | complain

example_words_list_1: groan, groaning, groaned

example_words_corpus: groans | groaned | groaner | begroan | groaning | groaneth

categorical_group_list: Sound, Emotion, Physical sensation

etymology: Middle English gronien


morpheme_key: grocer

morpheme: grocer

morpheme_head: grocer

affix_form: -grocer-

meaning_definition: seller of food | merchant

example_words_list_1: grocer

example_words_corpus: grocers | groceress | greengrocer | greengrocers | greengrocery | greengroceries

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Commerce

etymology: Middle French grocier "to buy provisions"


morpheme_key: groin

morpheme: groin

morpheme_head: groin

affix_form: -groin-

meaning_definition: inguinal region | area of the pelvis

example_words_list_1: inguinal, inguinalis, inguinosus

example_words_corpus: groined | groinal | groining | groinward

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin inguēn, inguinis 'groin, flank'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: groom

morpheme: groom

morpheme_head: groom

affix_form: -groom-

meaning_definition: to clean | to prepare | to tend

example_words_list_1: groom, grooming, groomer

example_words_corpus: grooms | groomer | groomed | groomee | grooming | groomers

categorical_group_list: Action, Maintenance, Care

etymology: Old French 'gromper' or 'grume' (related to cleaning/tending)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: groove

morpheme: groove

morpheme_head: groove

affix_form: -groove-

meaning_definition: a long narrow depression | a furrow | a rhythmic pattern

example_words_list_1: grooved, grooving, grooves

example_words_corpus: grooves | grooved | groover | groovers | regroove | ingroove

categorical_group_list: Physical shape, Rhythm, Texture

etymology: Middle English groven, related to grove


morpheme_key: grope

morpheme: grope

morpheme_head: grope

affix_form: -grope-

meaning_definition: to feel around blindly | to search by touch

example_words_list_1: grope, groping, groped

example_words_corpus: groped | groper | gropes | agrope | gropest | gropeth

categorical_group_list: Motion, Tactile, Search

etymology: Middle English gropen 'to feel, search'


morpheme_key: gross

morpheme: gross

morpheme_head: gross

affix_form: gross

meaning_definition: the total amount | the collective body | the quantity

example_words_list_1: grossly | grosses | grossed | grossen | grossing | outgross

etymology: Derived from Latin 'grossus' meaning thick or large, via Old French.


morpheme_key: grot

morpheme: grot

morpheme_head: grot

affix_form: -grot-

meaning_definition: a small cave or natural hollow in rocky terrain

example_words_list_1: grotesque, grotto

example_words_list_2: grotesque, grotto

example_words_corpus: grots

related_morphemes: crypt / crypt

categorical_group_list: Nature, Space

etymology: Italian grotta "cave, grotto"

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: grotesque

morpheme: grotesque

morpheme_head: grotesque

affix_form: -grotesque-

meaning_definition: distorted | ugly | bizarre

example_words_list_1: grotesque, grotesquely, grotesqueness

example_words_corpus: grotesques | grotesquely | grotesquery | grotesqueness | grotesquenesses

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Appearance

etymology: Italian 'grottesco', from 'grotta' (cave)


morpheme_key: groth

morpheme: groth

morpheme_head: groth

affix_form: -groth-

meaning_definition: growth | increase | development

example_words_list_1: growth, groth, grothling

categorical_group_list: Growth, Development, Biological process

etymology: From Old English 'groþu' or 'grōwan' (to grow), related to German 'Wuchs' and Dutch 'groei'.


morpheme_key: grotto

morpheme: grotto

morpheme_head: grotto

affix_form: -grotto-

meaning_definition: cave | cavern | hollow

example_words_list_1: grotto

example_words_corpus: grottos | grottoed | grottoes | grottolike | grottowork | grottoworks

categorical_group_list: Nature, Location

etymology: Italian grotta 'cave, grotto'


morpheme_key: grouch

morpheme: grouch

morpheme_head: grouch

affix_form: -grouch-

meaning_definition: irritable | ill-tempered | complaining

example_words_list_1: grouchy, grouchily, grouchiness

example_words_corpus: grouchy | grouched | grouches | groucher | begrouch | grouching

categorical_group_list: Personality, Emotion

etymology: Middle English 'grouchen' (to grumble)


morpheme_key: ground

morpheme: ground

morpheme_head: ground

affix_form: -ground-

meaning_definition: ground

example_words_list_1: aboveground, air-to-ground, belowground

example_words_list_2: aboveground, air-to-ground, belowground

example_words_corpus: grounds | aground | grounder | grounded | reground | unground

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Physical substance

etymology: Old English 'grund' meaning 'bottom, floor, foundation'


morpheme_key: groundsel

morpheme: groundsel

morpheme_head: groundsel

affix_form: -groundsel-

meaning_definition: groundsel | ragwort | Senecio

example_words_list_1: groundsel, common groundsel, ragwort groundsel

example_words_corpus: groundsels

categorical_group_list: Botany, Plant name, Common noun

etymology: From Old English 'grundeslāh', a compound of 'grund' (ground) and 'slāh' (plant, weed).


morpheme_key: group

morpheme: group

morpheme_head: group

affix_form: -group-

meaning_definition: collection | cluster | assembly | set

example_words_list_1: grouping, subgroup, ungrouped

example_words_corpus: groupo | groupy | grouper | regroup | groupie | grouped

categorical_group_list: Collective, Quantity

etymology: Old French 'groupe' (a cluster, a troop)


morpheme_key: grouse

morpheme: grouse

morpheme_head: grouse

affix_form: -grouse-

meaning_definition: to complain | to grumble

example_words_list_1: grouse

example_words_corpus: grouses | grouser | groused | grousers | sandgrouse | grouselike

categorical_group_list: Complaint, Emotion

etymology: Middle English 'groussen', of imitative origin, perhaps related to Old French 'groussir' (to swell, become angry)


morpheme_key: grove

morpheme: grove

morpheme_head: grove

affix_form: -grove-

meaning_definition: small group of trees | woodland | copse

example_words_list_1: grove

example_words_corpus: groves | Grover | groved | Groveland | undergrove | undergroves

categorical_group_list: Nature, Vegetation

etymology: Old English grāf 'grove, copse', from Proto-Germanic *grōfō 'hollow, pit', from PIE *gʷer- 'to dig'


morpheme_key: grovel

morpheme: grovel

morpheme_head: grovel

affix_form: -grovel-

meaning_definition: to crouch | to act in a servile manner | to show excessive deference

example_words_list_1: groveling, grovelled

categorical_group_list: Submission, Physical movement, Emotion

etymology: Middle English grovelen, related to growl


morpheme_key: grow

morpheme: grow

morpheme_head: grow

affix_form: -grow-

meaning_definition: increase in size | develop | flourish

example_words_list_1: growth, grower, outgrowth, regrowth

example_words_corpus: grows | growth | upgrow | regrow | grower | growed

categorical_group_list: Growth, Development, Vitality

etymology: Old English growan 'to increase, develop'


morpheme_key: growl

morpheme: growl

morpheme_head: growl

affix_form: -growl-

meaning_definition: low guttural sound | to utter a deep sound

example_words_list_1: growling, growled, growls

example_words_corpus: growls | growly | growlf | growler | growled | growlers

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior

etymology: imitative of the sound