morpheme_key: pseudo

morpheme: pseud(o)

morpheme_head: pseud

affix_form: pseud-

meaning_definition: unreal | deceptive | fictional | replica | forged | erroneous

example_words_list_1: pseudo-membrane | pseudo-scientific | pseudonym | pseudoscience

example_words_corpus: pseudos | pseudonym | pseudopod | pseudogap | pseudoPHP | pseudovum

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | Negator

ancestor_etymon: ψευδο-  OED | pseudo

etymology: < ancient Greek ψευδο- | combining form ... of ψευδής (adjective) false | ψεῦδος falsity | falsehood OED | ψεύδομαι | ψευδής (pseudḗs)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

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


morpheme_key: psi

morpheme: psi

morpheme_head: psi

affix_form: -psi-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: mind | soul | psyche

example_words_list_1: psychology, psychic, psychosis

categorical_group_list: Mind, Spirit, Psychology

etymology: Greek psukhē 'soul, spirit, mind'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: psil

morpheme: psil

morpheme_head: psil

affix_form: psil-

allomorphs: psilo

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: bare | mere

example_words_list_1: epsilon | psilanthropism | psilanthropy | psilocybin | psilosis | psilotic | upsilon | psilomelane | psilophyte | psilophyton | psilopsida

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Degree, Appearance

etymology: ψιλοῦν (psiloûn) | ψιλός (psilós) | ψιλότης | ψίλωσις (psílōsis) | ψίλωσις(psílōsis)

register: scientific

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: psittaco

morpheme: psittaco

morpheme_head: psittaco

affix_form: psittaco

allomorphs: psittac

meaning_definition: parrot. "Psittaco-" is used for parrot-like creatures, while the suffix "psitta" is used for parrots.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Psittacosaurus ("parrot lizard"); Cyclopsitta ("Cyclops parrot"); Xenopsitta ("strange parrot").

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: ψιττακός (psittakós)

etymology: Greek psittakos (parrot)

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /sitɑːkoʊ/, /psitə/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: psor

morpheme: psor

morpheme_head: psor

affix_form: psor-

meaning_definition: scab | itch | skin disease

example_words_list_1: psoriasis | psora | psoric | psorosis

example_words_list_2: psora, psoriasis, psoric, psorosis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Skin

etymology: Greek psora "scab, itch"


morpheme_key: psoriasis

morpheme: psoriasis

morpheme_head: psoriasis

affix_form: -psoriasis-

meaning_definition: psoriasis | scaly skin condition

example_words_list_1: psoriatic, psoriasis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Dermatology

etymology: From Greek psōra 'scabies, itch' (from psō 'to itch') + -iasis 'condition, process'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: psych

morpheme: psych

morpheme_head: psych

affix_form: psych-

allomorphs: psycho

sense_label: mind

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: mental faculty | inner self | relating to cognitive processes | essential self

example_words_list_1: psychology, psychic, psychiatry, psychosis, psychopathy

example_words_corpus: psychs | outpsych | psychache | psychalgia | psychspeak | psychalgias

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: psych

etymology: ψύχειν (psúkhein) | ψυχή (psukhḗ) | ψυχικός (psukhikós) | Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ) | breath | life | soul | Greek

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


morpheme_key: psyche

morpheme: psyche

morpheme_head: psyche

affix_form: psyche-

meaning_definition: mind, spirit

example_words_corpus: psyched | psyches | superpsyched

categorical_group_list: Mind, Soul, Spirit

etymology: ψύχειν (psúkhein), ψυχή (psukhḗ), ψυχικός (psukhikós)


morpheme_key: psychedelic

morpheme: psychedelic

morpheme_head: psychedelic

affix_form: -psychedelic-

meaning_definition: mind | soul | psyche | manifesting

example_words_list_1: psychedelic, psychology, psyche, psychosomatic, psychopath

example_words_corpus: psychedelics | unpsychedelic | neopsychedelic | nonpsychedelic | prepsychedelic | psychedelicize

categorical_group_list: Mind, Perception, Cognition

etymology: Greek psyche 'soul/mind' + Delphic 'psychedel' (manifesting/revealing)


morpheme_key: psychi

morpheme: psychi

morpheme_head: psychi

affix_form: psychi-

example_words_list_1: psychic, psychology, psychotherapy

categorical_group_list: Mentality, Essence


morpheme_key: psychro

morpheme: psychro

morpheme_head: psychro

affix_form: psychro-

allomorphs: psychr

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: cold | coldness

example_words_list_1: psychroalgia | psychrometer | psychrophile | psychrophilic | psychrophily

example_words_list_2: psychroalgia, psychrometer, psychrophile, psychrophilic, psychrophily

example_words_corpus: psychrometry | psychrophile | psychrometer | psychrophyte | psychrometre | psychrotroph

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Environment

etymology: ψύχω, ψυχρός (psukhrós), ψυχρότης

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: psyllium

morpheme: psyllium

morpheme_head: psyllium

affix_form: -psyllium-

meaning_definition: psyllium | plantain seed | husk

example_words_list_1: psyllium, psylliopsis

example_words_corpus: psylliums

categorical_group_list: Botany, Plant parts, Seeds

etymology: From Latin psyllium, from Greek psyllion 'seed of the plantain', diminutive of psylla 'flea' (due to the resemblance of the seeds to fleas).

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: pteran

morpheme: pteran

morpheme_head: pteran

affix_form: -pteran

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: wing | winged

example_words_list_1: micropteran | macropteran | tetrapteran | brachypteran

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical attribute

etymology: Greek pteron 'wing'


morpheme_key: pterido

morpheme: pterido

morpheme_head: pterido

affix_form: pterido-

allomorphs: pterid

meaning_definition: wing, feather, fern

example_words_list_1: pterodactyl, pterosaur, pteridophyte

example_words_corpus: pteridology | pteridomania | pteridophytes | pteridologist | pteridophytic | pteridologists

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Nature, Biology

etymology: πτερόν, πτεροῦ (pterón, pteroû), πτέρυξ, πτέρυγος (ptérux, ptérugos), (pterugōtós), πτερίσκος


morpheme_key: ptero

morpheme: ptero

morpheme_head: ptero

affix_form: ptero-

allomorphs: pter | pteri

meaning_definition: aerial appendage | plumage element | pinnate plant | relating to flight structures | prefix form 'pterygo-' | aerodynamic contour

example_words_list_1: pterodactyl, pterosaur, pterodactylus

example_words_corpus: pteropod | pteropods | pterophyte | pterophore | dipterocarp | pterophytes

ancestor_etymon: ptero

etymology: πτερόν | πτεροῦ (pterón | pteroû) | πτέρυξ | πτέρυγος (ptérux | ptérugos) | (pterugōtós) | πτερίσκος | Greek πτερόν (pterón) | wing | feather


morpheme_key: pterous

morpheme: pterous

morpheme_head: pterous

affix_form: -pterous

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: wing | feather | fern | feathered | winged like {prev}

example_words_list_1: pterosaur, gyronopterous, lepidopterous

example_words_corpus: apterous | bipterous | tripterous | hexapterous | macropterous | micropterous


morpheme_key: pterygo

morpheme: pterygo

morpheme_head: pterygo

affix_form: pterygo-

allomorphs: pteryg

meaning_definition: wing

example_words_list_1: pterygostomial | pterygoquadrate

example_words_corpus: pterygostomial | pterygoquadrate

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape


morpheme_key: ptilo

morpheme: ptilo

morpheme_head: ptilo

affix_form: ptilo-

allomorphs: ptile

meaning_definition: feather | downy | plumage

example_words_list_1: ptilolite | clinoptilolite | ptilochronology | clinoptilolites | ptilochronological

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Nature

etymology: Greek ptilon 'feather'


morpheme_key: pto

morpheme: pto

morpheme_head: pto

affix_form: pto-

meaning_definition: fall

example_words_list_1: anaptotic | asymptomatic | apoptosis | peripeteia | peripety | polyptoton | proptosis | proptotic | ptomaine | ptosis | ptotic | symptom | symptomatic | symptosis

categorical_group_list: Motion, Decline, Biological process

etymology: πίπτειν (píptein) | πτωτός (ptōtós) | πτωτικός (ptōtikós) | πτῶσις (ptôsis) | πτῶμα | πτῶματος (ptôma | ptômatos)


morpheme_key: ptolemaic

morpheme: ptolemaic

morpheme_head: ptolemaic

affix_form: -ptolemaic-

meaning_definition: relating to the Ptolemaic dynasty or the Ptolemaic system of astronomy

example_words_list_1: Ptolemaic, Ptolemaic system, Ptolemaic dynasty

categorical_group_list: Historical, Proper Name

etymology: Greek Ptolemaios (descendant of Ptolemy)


morpheme_key: ptolemy

morpheme: ptolemy

morpheme_head: ptolemy

affix_form: -ptolemy-

meaning_definition: Ptolemy | Ptolemaic | dynasty of Macedonian Greek origin

example_words_list_1: Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Ptolemaeus

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Historical, Dynastic

etymology: From Greek Ptolemaios, a personal name possibly derived from pleos 'full' and males 'warrior'


morpheme_key: ptosis

morpheme: ptosis

morpheme_head: ptosis

affix_form: -ptosis

meaning_definition: falling | drooping | downward placement | prolapse | sagging

example_words_list_1: apoptosis | nephroptosis | enteroptosis | gastroptosis | glossoptosis | metroptosis | proptosis | symptosis

example_words_corpus: pyroptosis | cladoptosis | ferroptosis | gastroptosis | glossoptosis | nephroptosis

categorical_group_list: Movement, Biology, Pathology

etymology: Greek πτῶσῐς (ptôsis), falling


morpheme_key: pty

morpheme: pty

morpheme_head: pty

affix_form: pty-

meaning_definition: saliva | spit

example_words_list_1: hemoptysis | ptyalin | pyoptysis

example_words_list_2: hemoptysis, ptyalin, pyoptysis

categorical_group_list: Bodily functions, Biological processes

etymology: πτύειν | πτύον (ptúon) | πτύσις (ptúsis) | πτύαλον


morpheme_key: ptych

morpheme: ptych

morpheme_head: ptych

affix_form: -ptych-

sense_label: fold, layer

meaning_definition: fold, layer

example_words_list_1: anaptyctic, anaptyxis, diptych, heptaptych, hexaptych, octaptych, pentaptych, polyptych, tetraptych, triptych

categorical_group_list: Structure, Shape, Multiplicity

etymology: πτύσσειν (ptússein), πτύγμα (ptúgma), πτύξ (ptúx), πτυχός (ptukhós), πτυχή (ptukhḗ)


morpheme_key: pub

morpheme: pub

morpheme_head: pub

affix_form: pub-

allomorphs: pubi

sense_label: pubes

meaning_definition: pubes | puberis | adult | mature | youth

example_words_list_1: puberty, pubescent, pubic, pubescence

example_words_list_2: pubescent, pubic

example_words_corpus: pubs | pubby | pubbed | pubber | pubbing | brewpub

categorical_group_list: Growth, Maturity, Biology

etymology: pubes, puberis

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: pube

morpheme: pube

morpheme_head: pube

affix_form: pube

meaning_definition: A single pubic hair | A hair in the pubic region | A single strand of pubic hair

example_words_list_1: YouPube | pubeless

example_words_corpus: YouPube | pubeless

etymology: Derived from Latin 'pubes', meaning pubic hair.

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: puberty

morpheme: puberty

morpheme_head: puberty

affix_form: -puberty-

meaning_definition: puberty | adolescent development

example_words_list_1: pubertal, pubescence, pubescent

example_words_corpus: impuberty | prepuberty | postpuberty | peripuberty | minipuberty | pseudopuberty

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Development

etymology: Latin pubertas 'attainment of maturity', from puber 'reaching maturity'


morpheme_key: pubescent

morpheme: pubescent

morpheme_head: pubescent

affix_form: -pubescent-

meaning_definition: covered | hairy | fuzzy

example_words_list_1: pubescence, pubescently

categorical_group_list: Texture, Biology

etymology: Latin pubes 'youth, downy growth' (gen. pubis)


morpheme_key: public

morpheme: public

morpheme_head: public

affix_form: public-

sense_label: people

meaning_definition: people | public

example_words_list_1: publication | publicity | republic | publicize

example_words_corpus: publics | publicly | unpublic | publicity | publicize | publicise

categorical_group_list: Social, Collective

etymology: publicus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: publish

morpheme: publish

morpheme_head: publish

affix_form: -publish-

meaning_definition: to make public | to issue | to distribute

example_words_list_1: republish, publication, publisher

example_words_corpus: publisher | published | republish | publishes | copublish | publishee

categorical_group_list: Communication, Action

etymology: Latin 'publicare' meaning 'to make public', derived from 'publicus' meaning 'of the people'


morpheme_key: pubo

morpheme: pubo

morpheme_head: pubo

affix_form: pubo-

meaning_definition: pubis | pubic bone | relating to the pubis

example_words_list_1: puboanal | puborectal | pubofemoral | pubovaginal | pubovesical | pubocapsular

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin pubis 'pubis, bone of the pelvis'


morpheme_key: puck

morpheme: puck

morpheme_head: puck

affix_form: -puck-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: a small, flat, circular disk | a hockey puck

example_words_list_1: puck, hockey puck, face-off puck

example_words_corpus: pucks | puckle | puckish | puckles | Puckian | puckster

categorical_group_list: Object, Sports, Game piece

etymology: From Dutch 'pucke' or 'puck', meaning a small disk or coin, possibly related to 'puck' (the fairy) via the notion of a small, mischievous object.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch

etymological_family: other

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: pucker

morpheme: pucker

morpheme_head: pucker

affix_form: -pucker-

meaning_definition: to contract | to wrinkle | to tighten

example_words_list_1: ['puckered']

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical state

etymology: From Old English 'pucor' or 'pucian', meaning to pucker or wrinkle, of imitative origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: pudding

morpheme: pudding

morpheme_head: pudding

affix_form: -pudding-

meaning_definition: sweet dessert | soft food

example_words_list_1: pudding, rice pudding, black pudding, bread pudding

categorical_group_list: Food, Dessert

etymology: From Middle English pudde, possibly of imitative origin or from Old French pouding

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: puddle

morpheme: puddle

morpheme_head: puddle

affix_form: -puddle-

meaning_definition: small pool of liquid | shallow accumulation of water

example_words_list_1: puddle, puddling, puddled, puddler

example_words_corpus: puddles | puddled | puddley | puddler | puddlers | bepuddle

categorical_group_list: Nature, Liquid, Small scale

etymology: Middle English puddel, from Old English pudul 'pool, puddle'

etymological_family: Germanic


morpheme_key: pude

morpheme: pude

morpheme_head: pude

affix_form: pude-

allomorphs: pud

sense_label: shame

meaning_definition: shame

example_words_list_1: impudent | pudendum | repudiate

example_words_list_2: impudent | pudendum | repudiate

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Morality

etymology: pudere

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: pudendum

morpheme: pudendum

morpheme_head: pudend

affix_form: -pudendum-

allomorphs: pudendum

meaning_definition: shame | disgrace | something to be ashamed of

example_words_list_1: pudendum

etymology: Latin pudendum, neuter gerundive of pudēre 'to be ashamed'


morpheme_key: pueblo

morpheme: pueblo

morpheme_head: pueblo

affix_form: -pueblo-

meaning_definition: village | town | settlement

example_words_list_1: pueblo

example_words_corpus: prepueblo

categorical_group_list: Location, Settlement

etymology: Spanish pueblo "town, people"

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: puerile

morpheme: puerile

morpheme_head: puerile

affix_form: -puerile-

meaning_definition: childish | immature | boyish

example_words_list_1: puerility, puerile

example_words_corpus: puerilely

categorical_group_list: Age, Human state

etymology: Latin puer 'boy'


morpheme_key: puerto

morpheme: puerto

morpheme_head: puerto

affix_form: -puerto-

meaning_definition: port | harbor | haven

example_words_list_1: port, portable, export, import, depot, portico

categorical_group_list: Location, Maritime

etymology: Latin portus 'harbor, haven'


morpheme_key: puff

morpheme: puff

morpheme_head: puff

affix_form: -puff-

meaning_definition: a sudden burst of air | swelling | light and airy

example_words_list_1: puffy, puffiness, puffball

example_words_corpus: puffy | puffs | puffed | puffin | puffer | bepuff

categorical_group_list: Motion, Texture, Physical state

etymology: Middle English puffen, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: pug

morpheme: pug

morpheme_head: pug

affix_form: pug-

sense_label: fist

meaning_definition: closed hand | struggle | hit

example_words_list_1: impugn, pugilism, pugnacious, repugnant

example_words_list_2: impugn, pugilism, pugnacious, repugnant

example_words_corpus: pugs | puggy | puggle | pugger | pugged | pugmark

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: Latin pugnus "fist"


morpheme_key: pugil

morpheme: pugil

morpheme_head: pugil

affix_form: -pugil-

meaning_definition: struggle | conflict | battle

example_words_list_1: pugnacious, impugn, repugnant

example_words_list_2: pugnacious, impugn, repugnant

example_words_corpus: pugils

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: pug

etymology: Latin pugil 'boxer, fighter', from pugnari 'to fight'


morpheme_key: pugn

morpheme: pugn

morpheme_head: pugn

affix_form: pugn-

meaning_definition: contest | conflict | battle

example_words_list_1: impugn | pugilism | pugnacious | repugnant | pugilist

etymology: Latin pugnare 'to fight'


morpheme_key: puissance

morpheme: puissance

morpheme_head: puissance

affix_form: -puissance-

meaning_definition: power | strength | potency

example_words_list_1: omnipotence, impotent, omnipotent

categorical_group_list: Strength, Ability, Magnitude

etymology: Latin potentia 'power, strength', from potens 'powerful', present participle of posse 'to be able'


morpheme_key: puissant

morpheme: puissant

morpheme_head: puissant

affix_form: -puissant-

meaning_definition: powerful | mighty | strong

example_words_list_1: puissant, puissance

categorical_group_list: Strength, Power

etymology: Latin 'potens' (present participle of 'posse' meaning 'to be able'), via Old French 'puissant'


morpheme_key: puke

morpheme: puke

morpheme_head: puke

affix_form: puke

meaning_definition: To sell investments at a loss under pressure | To liquidate assets to meet margin requirements | To exit a declining market by selling securities

example_words_list_1: puker | pukes | puked | pukey | pukers | pukewad


morpheme_key: pukka

morpheme: pukka

morpheme_head: pukka

affix_form: -pukka-

meaning_definition: authentic | genuine | excellent | proper

example_words_list_1: pukka

example_words_corpus: pukkaness

categorical_group_list: Quality, Authenticity

etymology: Hindi/Urdu 'pukka' (cooked, ripe, or firm)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hindi


morpheme_key: pul

morpheme: pul

morpheme_head: pul

affix_form: -pul-

allomorphs: puls

meaning_definition: drive, urge

example_words_list_1: compulsion, impulsive, pulse, compulsive, compulsory, repulsion, expulsion

example_words_corpus: pulsar | pulsate | pulsars | pulsated | pulsates | pulsating

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Action

etymology: Latin 'pulsare' (to beat, strike, urge) or 'pellere' (to drive, push)


morpheme_key: pulcher

morpheme: pulcher

morpheme_head: pulcher

affix_form: -pulcher-

meaning_definition: visually appealing | aesthetically pleasing

example_words_list_1: pulchritude

example_words_list_2: pulchritude

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Quality

ancestor_etymon: pulchr

etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- 'to shine, glow'


morpheme_key: pull

morpheme: pull

morpheme_head: pull

affix_form: -pull-

meaning_definition: to draw | to tug | to exert force to move toward oneself

example_words_list_1: pull, pulling, pulled, pulls

example_words_corpus: pulls | pulled | puller | pulling | pullers | outpull

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical Action

etymology: Old English pullian 'to pull, draw, or drag'


morpheme_key: pulley

morpheme: pulley

morpheme_head: pulley

affix_form: -pulley-

meaning_definition: wheel | mechanical device | loop

example_words_list_1: pulley

example_words_corpus: pulleys | pulleyless | pulleylike | micropulley | micropulleys

categorical_group_list: Tool, Mechanism

etymology: Middle English puli, related to pull

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: pulmo

morpheme: pulmo

morpheme_head: pulmo

affix_form: pulmo-

allomorphs: pulmon

meaning_definition: organ responsible for breathing

example_words_list_1: pulmonary

example_words_list_2: pulmonary

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: pulmo, pulmonis


morpheme_key: pulmonary

morpheme: pulmonary

morpheme_head: pulmonary

affix_form: -pulmonary-

meaning_definition: lung | lungs

example_words_list_1: pulmonary, pulmonary artery, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension

etymology: Latin pulmon- 'lung' (stem of pulmonem)


morpheme_key: pulp

morpheme: pulp

morpheme_head: pulp

affix_form: -pulp-

meaning_definition: soft | pulpy | mass | essence

example_words_list_1: pulp, pulpy, pulpy-like

example_words_corpus: pulpy | pulps | pulped | repulp | pulper | pulpal

categorical_group_list: Texture, Substance

etymology: Latin 'puls, pultis' (porridge, mush) -> Late Latin 'pulpam' (mashed food, pulp)


morpheme_key: pulpit

morpheme: pulpit

morpheme_head: pulpit

affix_form: -pulpit-

meaning_definition: raised platform | podium | speaker's stand

example_words_list_1: pulpit

example_words_corpus: pulpits | pulpiter | pulpitry | pulpited | pulpital | pulpiters

categorical_group_list: Object, Architecture, Religious

etymology: Latin pulpitus 'platform, stage'


morpheme_key: pulse

morpheme: pulse

morpheme_head: pulse

affix_form: -pulse-

meaning_definition: to push | to throb | to beat

example_words_list_1: impulse, repulse, pulsate

example_words_corpus: pulsed | pulser | pulsejet | prepulse | nonpulse | subpulse

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rhythm, Vitality

etymology: Latin pulsus, past participle of pellere 'to push, strike'


morpheme_key: pulver

morpheme: pulver

morpheme_head: pulver

affix_form: pulver-

meaning_definition: dust

example_words_list_1: pulverize

example_words_list_2: pulverize

example_words_corpus: pulvers

categorical_group_list: Material, Destruction

etymology: pulvis | pulveris


morpheme_key: pulverize

morpheme: pulverize

morpheme_head: pulverize

affix_form: -pulverize-

meaning_definition: to reduce to fine particles | to crush | to grind

example_words_list_1: pulverulent, pulverization, pulverizer

example_words_corpus: pulverized | pulverizes | pulverizer | pulverizers | unpulverized | nonpulverized

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Physical action

etymology: Latin pulverizare 'to reduce to powder', from pulver- 'dust' (from pulvis)


morpheme_key: puma

morpheme: puma

morpheme_head: puma

affix_form: -puma-

meaning_definition: puma

example_words_list_1: puma

example_words_corpus: pumas | pumalike | werepuma | werepumas

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Quechua puma

ancestor_etymon_language: Quechua


morpheme_key: pumice

morpheme: pumice

morpheme_head: pumice

affix_form: -pumice-

meaning_definition: porous volcanic rock | light-weight stone

example_words_list_1: pumice stone, pumice block, pumice powder

example_words_corpus: pumicite | pumicites

categorical_group_list: Geology, Material

etymology: From Latin 'pumex' (genitive 'pumicis') meaning pumice stone, possibly of pre-Indo-European origin.


morpheme_key: pummel

morpheme: pummel

morpheme_head: pummel

affix_form: -pummel-

meaning_definition: to strike | to beat | to hit repeatedly

example_words_list_1: ['pummel']

categorical_group_list: Action, Violence

etymology: From Middle English pumelen, pumellen, of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French pomeler 'to strike with the fist'.


morpheme_key: pump

morpheme: pump

morpheme_head: pump

affix_form: -pump-

meaning_definition: to move liquid with force | to increase | to inflate

example_words_list_1: pump, pumping, pumpable

example_words_corpus: pumps | pumped | pumper | repump | pumpers | pumping

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Increase

etymology: imitative of the sound of a bellows or pump


morpheme_key: pumpkin

morpheme: pumpkin

morpheme_head: pumpkin

affix_form: -pumpkin-

meaning_definition: orange fleshy fruit | Cucurbita pepo

example_words_list_1: pumpkin

example_words_corpus: pumpkins | pumpkiny | pumpking | pumpkings | pumpkineer | pumpkinlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant, Vegetable

etymology: Greek pepon 'large melon'


morpheme_key: pun

morpheme: pun

morpheme_head: pun

affix_form: pun-

sense_label: punishment

meaning_definition: penalty | suffering | settle a debt | reimburse

example_words_list_1: punitive | impunity | penalty | penance

example_words_list_2: punitive | impunity | penalty | penance

example_words_corpus: puns | punny | punner | punned | punning | punster

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: pun

etymology: Latin 'poena' meaning 'penalty, punishment'


morpheme_key: punch

morpheme: punch

morpheme_head: punch

affix_form: -punch-

meaning_definition: to strike | to hit | impact

example_words_list_1: punch, punchline, punchy

example_words_corpus: punchy | punched | punches | puncher | punchee | keypunch

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality, Violence

etymology: From Old English 'pūcian' meaning 'to poke, prod, or thrust', likely of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: punct

morpheme: punct

morpheme_head: punct

affix_form: punct-

meaning_definition: to jab | to penetrate | to prod

example_words_list_1: acupuncture | expunge | poignant | point | punch | punctual | punctuation | puncture | pungent | compunction

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical sensation

ancestor_etymon: punct

etymology: pungere | punctus


morpheme_key: punctilious

morpheme: punctilious

morpheme_head: punctilious

affix_form: -punctilious-

meaning_definition: showing | precise | careful | exact

example_words_list_1: punctiliousness, punctiliously

categorical_group_list: Precision, Detail, Order

etymology: Latin punctiliosus, from punctum 'point'


morpheme_key: punctu

morpheme: punctu

morpheme_head: punctu

affix_form: punctu-

meaning_definition: to prick | to pierce | to poke

example_words_list_1: acupuncture, expunge, poignant, point, punch, punctual, punctuation, puncture, pungent

etymology: pungere, punctus


morpheme_key: punctual

morpheme: punctual

morpheme_head: punctual

affix_form: -punctual-

meaning_definition: at a point in time | precise | sharp

example_words_list_1: punctual, punctuation, punctuate

categorical_group_list: Time, Precision

etymology: Latin punctum 'point, dot'


morpheme_key: punctuate

morpheme: punctuate

morpheme_head: punctuate

affix_form: -punctuate-

meaning_definition: to mark with punctuation | to insert marks in text

example_words_list_1: punctuation, punctuating, punctuated

example_words_corpus: punctuated | punctuates | unpunctuate | repunctuate | unpunctuates | repunctuated

categorical_group_list: Action, Writing, Marking

etymology: Latin punctum 'a point, dot' (past participle stem of pungere 'to prick, pierce') + -ationem 'action of'


morpheme_key: puncture

morpheme: puncture

morpheme_head: puncture

affix_form: -puncture-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to make a hole | to wound

example_words_list_1: puncture, punctured, puncturing

example_words_corpus: punctures | puncturer | puncturers | unpunctured | venipuncture | aquapuncture

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: Latin punctura 'a pricking', from pungere 'to prick'


morpheme_key: pundit

morpheme: pundit

morpheme_head: pundit

affix_form: -pundit-

meaning_definition: expert | commentator | critic

example_words_list_1: pundit

example_words_corpus: pundits | punditry | punditic | punditeer | punditical | punditeers

categorical_group_list: Agent, Knowledge, Opinion

etymology: Hindi pandit 'learned man, scholar'


morpheme_key: pung

morpheme: pung

morpheme_head: pung

affix_form: pung-

meaning_definition: to jab | to penetrate | to cause sharp pain

example_words_list_1: acupuncture | expunge | poignant | point | punch | punctual | punctuation | puncture | pungent

example_words_corpus: pungs

ancestor_etymon: punct | pung


morpheme_key: pungency

morpheme: pungency

morpheme_head: pungency

affix_form: -pungency-

meaning_definition: sharpness | pungency | pungent quality

example_words_list_1: pungent, pungency, pungently

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Taste, Physical sensation

etymology: from Latin 'pungentia', from 'pungere' meaning 'to prick or sting'


morpheme_key: pungent

morpheme: pungent

morpheme_head: pungent

affix_form: -pungent-

meaning_definition: sharp | stinging | strong-smelling

example_words_list_1: pungent

example_words_corpus: pungently | unpungent | overpungent

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Olfactory, Tactile

etymology: Latin pungens, present participle of pungere 'to prick, sting'


morpheme_key: puni

morpheme: puni

morpheme_head: puni

affix_form: puni-

meaning_definition: punish

example_words_list_1: impune, impunity, pain, penal, penalize, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, penitentiary, pine, punish, punitive, repent, subpoena

categorical_group_list: Punishment, Retribution, Penalty

etymology: punire ~punish~ (earlier poenire), from poena ~punishment~


morpheme_key: punic

morpheme: punic

morpheme_head: punic

affix_form: -punic-

meaning_definition: Punic | Carthaginian

example_words_list_1: Punic Wars

categorical_group_list: Historical, Ethnonym

etymology: From Latin 'Punicus', derived from 'Puniceus' (Tyrian purple), referring to the Phoenician/Punic people of Carthage.


morpheme_key: punjab

morpheme: punjab

morpheme_head: punjab

affix_form: -punjab-

meaning_definition: land of five | five rivers

example_words_list_1: Punjab

categorical_group_list: Geography, Numerals

etymology: Sanskrit pancha 'five' + āb (water/river)

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: punk

morpheme: punk

morpheme_head: punk

affix_form: -punk-

meaning_definition: subgenre | aesthetic | rebellious

example_words_list_1: punks | punky | punker | unpunk | biopunk | punkers

categorical_group_list: Genre, Aesthetic, Subculture

etymology: derived from punk subculture/music

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: punt

morpheme: punt

morpheme_head: punt

affix_form: -punt-

meaning_definition: to propel | to strike with the foot | to dispatch

example_words_list_1: pun

example_words_list_2: pun

example_words_corpus: punts | punter | punted | punters | punting | puntabout

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old English 'pūtan' meaning 'to thrust, push, or kick'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: puny

morpheme: puny

morpheme_head: puny

affix_form: -puny-

meaning_definition: small | insignificant | weak

example_words_list_1: puny

example_words_corpus: punyism | punyness

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude, Quality

etymology: Middle English puni, from Old French puiny, from Latin pusillus 'very small'


morpheme_key: pup

morpheme: pup

morpheme_head: pup

affix_form: pup-

sense_label: doll

meaning_definition: doll

example_words_list_1: pupa, pupate, puppet

example_words_list_2: pupa, pupate, puppet

example_words_corpus: pups | pupped | pupper | pupping | pupfish | pangopup

categorical_group_list: Animate, Small object

etymology: pupa


morpheme_key: pupil

morpheme: pupil

morpheme_head: pupil

affix_form: -pupil-

meaning_definition: small part of the eye | student

example_words_list_1: pupillary, pupillometry, pupillometer

example_words_corpus: pupils | pupilar | pupilage | pupiless | pupilled | pupildom

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Person

etymology: Latin pupilla 'little doll, miniature', diminutive of pupa 'doll, woman'


morpheme_key: puppet

morpheme: puppet

morpheme_head: puppet

affix_form: -puppet-

meaning_definition: a doll moved by strings | a person controlled by another

example_words_list_1: puppeteer, puppetry, puppetlike

example_words_corpus: puppets | puppetry | puppeteer | puppetman | puppetish | puppeteers

categorical_group_list: Object, Control

etymology: Middle English pupet, related to puppet-master


morpheme_key: puppy

morpheme: puppy

morpheme_head: puppy

affix_form: -puppy-

meaning_definition: young dog

example_words_list_1: puppies, puppyhood, puppyish

example_words_corpus: puppyish | puppydom | puppyism | mudpuppy | puppysit | puppyhood

categorical_group_list: Animals, Young

etymology: From Old English 'poppa' (child, baby) + 'e' (diminutive suffix) + 'hund' (dog)


morpheme_key: pur

morpheme: pur

morpheme_head: pur

affix_form: pur-

sense_label: pure

meaning_definition: pure

example_words_list_1: impurity | pure | puree | purge | purify | purity

example_words_list_2: impurity, pure, puree, purge, purify, purity

example_words_corpus: purs

categorical_group_list: Purity, Essence

etymology: purare ~to purify~ | from purus ~pure~ | purare "to purify" | from purus "pure"


morpheme_key: purblind

morpheme: purblind

morpheme_head: purblind

affix_form: purblind

meaning_definition: having impaired vision | partially sighted | unable to see clearly

example_words_list_1: purblindly | purblindness

example_words_corpus: purblindly | purblindness

etymology: Derived from Old English 'purblinde,' combining 'pur' (variant of 'blinde') with 'blinde.'

register: archaic


morpheme_key: purchase

morpheme: purchase

morpheme_head: purchase

affix_form: -purchase-

meaning_definition: to acquire | to buy | to obtain by paying

example_words_list_1: purchase, purchaser,purchasing

example_words_corpus: purchased | purchaser | purchases | repurchase | purchasers | purchaseth

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Action

etymology: Old French 'purchasier' from 'purchier'


morpheme_key: purdah

morpheme: purdah

morpheme_head: purdah

affix_form: -purdah-

meaning_definition: seclusion | curtain | veil

example_words_list_1: purdah

example_words_corpus: purdahs

categorical_group_list: Seclusion, Barrier

etymology: Persian 'parda' 'curtain, screen'

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: pure

morpheme: pure

morpheme_head: pure

affix_form: -pure-

meaning_definition: unmixed | clean | untainted

example_words_list_1: pure, purity, purism, purification

example_words_corpus: purey | pures | pured | purely | pureys | unpure

categorical_group_list: Purity, Quality, State

etymology: Latin purus 'clean, clear, empty'


morpheme_key: puree

morpheme: puree

morpheme_head: puree

affix_form: -puree-

meaning_definition: crushed | smooth | strained

example_words_list_1: puree

example_words_corpus: purees | pureeing

categorical_group_list: Food, Texture

etymology: French 'purée' from 'pur' 'pure'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: purgare

morpheme: purgare

morpheme_head: purgare

affix_form: -purgare-

meaning_definition: to cleanse | to rid of impurities

example_words_list_1: purge, purgatory

example_words_list_2: purge, purgatory

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin purgāre 'to cleanse, free from blame'


morpheme_key: purge

morpheme: purge

morpheme_head: purg

affix_form: -purge-

meaning_definition: to cleanse | to clear | to rid

example_words_list_1: purge, purgation, purgative, purgatory

example_words_corpus: purger | purges | purged | purgers | purgery | purgeth

categorical_group_list: Cleansing, Removal, Elimination

etymology: Latin purgare 'to cleanse, free from blame', from purus 'clean'


morpheme_key: puritan

morpheme: puritan

morpheme_head: puritan

affix_form: -puritan-

meaning_definition: strict | austere | religious reformist

example_words_list_1: puritanical, puritanism, puritans

categorical_group_list: Religion, Ideology

etymology: Middle English 'puritan', likely from 'pure'


morpheme_key: purl

morpheme: purl

morpheme_head: purl

affix_form: -purl-

meaning_definition: to make a bubbling or murmuring sound | to purr

example_words_list_1: purring, purred, purrs

example_words_corpus: purls | purled | purling | purlings | purlwise

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior, Verb

etymology: From Old English 'purrian' meaning 'to purr', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: purloin

morpheme: purloin

morpheme_head: purloin

affix_form: -purloin-

meaning_definition: steal | pilfer | embezzle

example_words_list_1: purloiner, purloining

example_words_corpus: purloins | purloined | purloiner | purloining | purloiners | purloinment

categorical_group_list: Theft, Action

etymology: Middle English purloinen


morpheme_key: purple

morpheme: purple

morpheme_head: purple

affix_form: -purple-

meaning_definition: purple

example_words_list_1: purpurate, purpureal, blue-purple, bluish-purple, brown-purple, brownish-purple, crimson-purple, dull-purple, lilac-purple, maroon-purple, pink-purple, pinkish-purple, red-purple, reddisn-purple, rose-purple, rosy-purple

example_words_corpus: purples | purpled | empurple | bepurple | purplely | impurple

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual perception

etymology: purpura


morpheme_key: purport

morpheme: purport

morpheme_head: purport

affix_form: -purport-

meaning_definition: claim | pretend | intention

example_words_list_1: purport, purported, purporting

example_words_corpus: purports | purported | purporting | purportedly | purportless

categorical_group_list: Assertion, Intention

etymology: Latin 'purportus', past participle of 'purportere' (to carry forth, intend), from 'pro-' (forth) + 'portare' (to carry)


morpheme_key: purpur

morpheme: purpur

morpheme_head: purpur

affix_form: purpur-

sense_label: purple

meaning_definition: a rich, dark red-violet shade

example_words_list_2: purpurate, purpureal, blue-purple, bluish-purple, brown-purple, brownish-purple, crimson-purple, dull-purple, lilac-purple, maroon-purple, pink-purple, pinkish-purple, red-purple, reddisn-purple, rose-purple, rosy-purple

categorical_group_list: Color, Nature


morpheme_key: purpureo

morpheme: purpureo

morpheme_head: purpureo

affix_form: purpureo-

meaning_definition: purple | violet

example_words_list_1: purpureocobalt | purpureocobaltic

example_words_corpus: purpureocobalt | purpureocobaltic

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: Latin purpureus 'purple'


morpheme_key: purr

morpheme: purr

morpheme_head: purr

affix_form: -purr-

meaning_definition: to make a low, vibratory sound (as a cat) | to express contentment

example_words_list_1: purr, purring, purred

example_words_corpus: purrs | purry | purred | purrer | purring | purrers

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Sound

etymology: From Old English purran, of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: purse

morpheme: purse

morpheme_head: purse

affix_form: -purse-

meaning_definition: small bag | pouch | container for money

example_words_list_1: purse

example_words_corpus: purses | purser | pursed | pursers | unpurse | cutpurse

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Old French 'bourse'

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: pursue

morpheme: pursue

morpheme_head: pursue

affix_form: -pursue-

meaning_definition: to follow | to chase | to seek

example_words_list_1: pursue, pursuer, pursuit

example_words_corpus: pursued | pursuer | pursues | pursuee | pursuers | pursueth

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion

etymology: From Latin 'pursuivre' (Old French), derived from 'prosequi' meaning 'to follow, pursue', composed of 'pro-' (forward) + 'sequi' (to follow).


morpheme_key: purulent

morpheme: purulent

morpheme_head: purulent

affix_form: -purulent-

meaning_definition: containing | full of | consisting of | pus

example_words_list_1: purulence, purulent

example_words_corpus: purulently | mucopurulent | seropurulent | necropurulent

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biological, State of being

etymology: From Latin 'purulentus', derived from 'purus' (clean) via the notion of 'pus' (purulence) or potentially from 'purgo' (to cleanse), though the semantic shift to 'pus-filled' is the primary driver in medical contexts.


morpheme_key: purvey

morpheme: purvey

morpheme_head: purvey

affix_form: -purvey-

meaning_definition: to supply | to provide | to procure

example_words_list_1: purveyor, purveyance, purveying

example_words_corpus: purveys | purveyor | purveyed | purveyors | purveying | dispurvey

categorical_group_list: Provision, Action

etymology: Old French pourveu, past participle of pourvoir 'to provide'


morpheme_key: pus

morpheme: pus

morpheme_head: pus

affix_form: -pus-

meaning_definition: foot

example_words_list_1: amphipod, antipode, decapod, podiatry, podium, podomancy, podomere, podopaediatric, polyp, polyposis, sympodium, tetrapod, tripod

example_words_corpus: pusy | pussy | pusbag | mucopus | pussify | puslike

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: πούς, ποδός (podós), ποδικός (podikós), ποδία (podía), πόδιον (pódion), πέδον (pédon), πεδίον, πέζα


morpheme_key: push

morpheme: push

morpheme_head: push

affix_form: -push-

meaning_definition: to exert force on (something) so as to move it away | to urge forward

example_words_list_1: push, pusher, pushing, pushed

example_words_corpus: pushy | pushed | pusher | pushes | pushing | pushers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Action

etymology: Old English 'pūgian' (to strive, struggle)


morpheme_key: pusillanim

morpheme: pusillanim

morpheme_head: pusillanim

affix_form: -pusillanim-

meaning_definition: small | timid | lacking courage

example_words_list_1: pusillanimous, pusillanimity

categorical_group_list: Size, Emotion, Character trait

etymology: Latin pusillus 'very small' (diminutive of parvus 'small') + animus 'spirit, mind'


morpheme_key: puss

morpheme: puss

morpheme_head: puss

affix_form: puss

meaning_definition: A mouth | an opening resembling a mouth | a cavernous or gaped opening.

example_words_list_1: sourpuss | sourpusses | beaglepuss

example_words_corpus: sourpuss | sourpusses | beaglepuss

etymology: Derived from Old English 'puss' meaning 'mouth'.


morpheme_key: pustule

morpheme: pustule

morpheme_head: pustule

affix_form: -pustule-

meaning_definition: pimple | small abscess

example_words_list_1: pustular, pustule

example_words_corpus: pustules | pustuled | pustulent | micropustule | micropustules

categorical_group_list: Biology, Pathology, Physical state

etymology: Latin pustula, diminutive of pus 'pus'


morpheme_key: put

morpheme: put

morpheme_head: put

affix_form: put-

sense_label: prune

meaning_definition: remove excess | calculate | purify | cut back | perform math | reflect | evaluate

example_words_list_1: amputate | amputation | compute | dispute | impute | putative | reputation | count | discount | computer

example_words_corpus: puts | input | reput | unput | putter | output

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: put

etymology: putāre


morpheme_key: putative

morpheme: putative

morpheme_head: putative

affix_form: -putative-

meaning_definition: supposed | assumed | believed

example_words_list_1: putative, repute, computation

example_words_corpus: putatively

categorical_group_list: Assumption, Cognition

etymology: Latin putativus, from putare 'to suppose, reckon'


morpheme_key: pute

morpheme: pute

morpheme_head: pute

affix_form: pute-

meaning_definition: think

example_words_list_1: dispute | computer

example_words_list_2: dispute | computer

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Computation

etymology: Latin 'pute' is not a standard independent morpheme; the record likely conflates the root 'put-' (from 'putare', to think/cleanse) with the prefix 'com-' (from 'cum', with/together). The etymology for the root 'put-' is Latin 'putare' meaning 'to think, consider, reckon'.


morpheme_key: putr

morpheme: putr

morpheme_head: putr

affix_form: -putr-

meaning_definition: rot | decay | putrefaction

example_words_list_1: putrefaction, putrid, putrescent, putrescine

categorical_group_list: Decay, Disease, Biological process

etymology: Latin putr- 'rotten, decayed', from putre- (neuter of putris)


morpheme_key: putrid

morpheme: putrid

morpheme_head: putrid

affix_form: -putrid-

meaning_definition: decaying | rotting | foul-smelling

example_words_list_1: putridity, putrefaction

example_words_corpus: putridly | putridness

categorical_group_list: Decay, Olfactory, Malignant

etymology: Latin putridus, from putre- 'rotten' (past participle stem of putere 'to stink')


morpheme_key: putris

morpheme: putris

morpheme_head: putris

affix_form: putris-

meaning_definition: decayed | spoiled | decomposed | corrupted

example_words_list_1: putrid, putrify

example_words_list_2: putrid, putrify

categorical_group_list: Decay, Decomposition

etymology: Latin putris 'rotten, decayed'


morpheme_key: putsch

morpheme: putsch

morpheme_head: putsch

affix_form: -putsch-

meaning_definition: violent attempt to overthrow a government | coup

example_words_list_1: putsch

example_words_corpus: putsches | putschist | putschism | putschists

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Political action

etymology: From French coup d'état, literally 'stroke of state', from coup 'blow, strike' (from Old French cop, from Frankish *koppo) + d'état 'of state'. The German word Putsch is a borrowing from French, influenced by Swiss German dialectal usage where 'Putsch' meant a sudden strike or blow.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: putt

morpheme: putt

morpheme_head: putt

affix_form: -putt-

meaning_definition: to hit a golf ball gently into the hole

example_words_list_1: putt, putting,putted

example_words_corpus: putts | putter | putted | putting | putters | outputt

etymology: imitative of the sound of a soft strike


morpheme_key: putty

morpheme: putty

morpheme_head: putty

affix_form: -putty-

meaning_definition: soft, pliable substance | clay

example_words_list_1: putty knife, window putty, plasticine

example_words_corpus: puttyroots

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance, Texture

etymology: Middle English putte, from Old French potée 'clay, mud'


morpheme_key: py

morpheme: py

morpheme_head: py

affix_form: py-

sense_label: pus

meaning_definition: pus

example_words_list_1: empyema | pyemia | pyemesis | pyesis | pyocyst | pyogenesis | pyorrhea | pyorrhoea | pyosis | pyoureter | pyometra

example_words_list_2: empyema, pyemia, pyemesis, pyesis, pyocyst, pyogenesis, pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyosis, pyoureter

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology

etymology: πύον (púon) | (pyeîn) | Greek πύον (púon


morpheme_key: pycn

morpheme: pycn

morpheme_head: pycn

affix_form: pycn-

allomorphs: pycno

meaning_definition: compact, dense

example_words_list_1: pycnometer, pyknosis

example_words_list_2: pycnometer, pyknosis

categorical_group_list: Density, Quantity

etymology: Greek pyknos 'dense, thick'


morpheme_key: pyelo

morpheme: pyel(o)

morpheme_head: pyel

affix_form: pyel-

allomorphs: pyel

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: pelvic region | pelvic region or kidney's funnel-shaped part

example_words_list_1: pyelonephrosis | pyelography

example_words_list_2: pyelonephrosis, pyelography

example_words_corpus: pyelogram | pyelograms | pyeloscopy | pyelorenal | pyelography | pyeloplasty

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: πύελος  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek πύελος trough... taken in sense 'pelvis' OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: pyg

morpheme: pyg

morpheme_head: pyg

affix_form: pyg-

sense_label: buttocks

meaning_definition: buttocks | rump | rear end

example_words_list_1: pygmy

example_words_list_2: callipygian, pygopagus, pygostyle, steatopygia

etymology: πυγή (pugḗ)


morpheme_key: pygmy

morpheme: pygmy

morpheme_head: pygmy

affix_form: -pygmy-

meaning_definition: small | miniature | diminutive

example_words_list_1: pygmy, pygmy marmoset

example_words_corpus: pygmyism

categorical_group_list: Size, Dimension

etymology: Greek pygmaios "dwarfish"


morpheme_key: pyknotic

morpheme: pyknotic

morpheme_head: pyknotic

affix_form: -pyknotic-

meaning_definition: dense | knotted | congested

example_words_list_1: pyknotic

example_words_corpus: isopyknotic | postpyknotic | heteropyknotic

categorical_group_list: Density, Texture, Physical state


morpheme_key: pyl

morpheme: pyl

morpheme_head: pyl

affix_form: pyl-

meaning_definition: gate

example_words_list_1: pylorus, pyloric

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Entrance

etymology: πύλη (púlē) | πυλών | πυλῶνος (pulṓn | pulōnos)


morpheme_key: pylon

morpheme: pylon

morpheme_head: pylon

affix_form: -pylon-

meaning_definition: tower | gateway | structure

example_words_list_1: pylon, pyloric, portal

example_words_corpus: pylons | pylonlike

categorical_group_list: Structure, Architecture

etymology: Greek pylōn 'gateway'


morpheme_key: pyloro

morpheme: pyloro

morpheme_head: pylor

affix_form: pyloro-

allomorphs: pyloro

meaning_definition: gate | gateway

example_words_list_1: pylorotomy | pylorospasm | pyloroplasty | pylorospasms | pyloromyotomy

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Location

etymology: Greek pyloros, from pylē 'gate'


morpheme_key: pyo

morpheme: pyo

morpheme_head: pyo

affix_form: pyo-

meaning_definition: thick, infected bodily fluid

example_words_list_1: pyocyanase | pyocyanin | pyocyst | pyogenesis | pyoptysis | pyorrhea | pyorrhoea | pyosis | pyoureter | pyodermia

example_words_corpus: pyoid | pyosis | pyogenic | pyorrhea | pyoderma | pyodermic

ancestor_etymon: πυο-  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek πυο-, combining form...of πύον  pus OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: pyr

morpheme: pyr

morpheme_head: pyr

affix_form: pyr-

allomorphs: pyre | pyro

sense_label: fire

meaning_definition: a burning phenomenon

example_words_list_1: antipyretic | Empyreuma | pyre | pyrite | pyroclastic | pyrolysis | pyromancy | pyromania | pyromaniac | pyrometric | pyrophobia | pyrophoric | pyrosis | pyrosome | pyrotechnic | pyrotechnics

example_words_corpus: pyrene | pyrite | pyritic | pyrites | pyrenic | pyritoid

categorical_group_list: Elemental, Heat, Combustion

ancestor_etymon: pyr

etymology: πύρ | πυρός (púr | purós) | πυρά (purá) | πυρότης | πυρετός | πυρέττειν

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: pyramid

morpheme: pyramid

morpheme_head: pyramid

affix_form: -pyramid-

sense_label: four-sided structure

meaning_definition: four-sided structure | tapering monument

example_words_list_1: dipyramid, pyramid, pyramidion

example_words_list_2: dipyramid, pyramid, pyramidion

example_words_corpus: pyramids | pyramidic | bipyramid | dipyramid | pyramided | pyramidoid

categorical_group_list: Shape, Architecture

etymology: πυραμίς, πυραμίδος


morpheme_key: pyrex

morpheme: pyrex

morpheme_head: pyrex

affix_form: -pyrex-

meaning_definition: glass | silica

example_words_list_1: pyrexia, pyrogen

categorical_group_list: Material, Glass, Heat resistance

etymology: From Greek 'pyr' (fire) via 'pyrex' (glass), referring to the material's heat resistance.


morpheme_key: pyrite

morpheme: pyrite

morpheme_head: pyrite

affix_form: -pyrite-

meaning_definition: iron disulfide | fool's gold

example_words_list_1: pyrite, pyritous

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Element

etymology: Greek pyrites (lithos) 'stone that strikes fire', from pyr 'fire'


morpheme_key: pyrrh

morpheme: pyrrh

morpheme_head: pyrrh

affix_form: pyrrh-

meaning_definition: flame | blaze

example_words_list_1: pyrrhic | pyrrole

example_words_list_2: pyrrhic | pyrrole

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek πῦρ (pyr) 'fire'

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: pythagoras

morpheme: pythagoras

morpheme_head: pythagoras

affix_form: -pythagoras-

meaning_definition: Pythagorean theorem | right triangle | hypotenuse

example_words_list_1: Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean triple, Pythagorean identity

categorical_group_list: Mathematics, Geometry

etymology: Proper name of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras


morpheme_key: python

morpheme: python

morpheme_head: python

affix_form: -python-

meaning_definition: large constricting snake

example_words_list_1: python, pythons

example_words_corpus: pythons | pythonic | pythoness | pythonlike | pythonesses

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Biology

etymology: Greek pythōn (the serpent of Delphi)


morpheme_key: qu

morpheme: qu

morpheme_head: qu

affix_form: qu-

meaning_definition: qu | what | which

example_words_list_1: qutrit | qugate | qutrits | qugates

example_words_corpus: qutrit | qugate | qutrits | qugates

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Relative, Pronominal

etymology: Latin interrogative pronoun 'quid' (what) and relative pronoun 'qui' (who/which)


morpheme_key: qua

morpheme: qua

morpheme_head: qua

affix_form: qua-

example_words_list_1: qualify, quality, quantify, quantum, quanta

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Degree, Manner

etymology: Latin prefix 'qua-' meaning 'in what way' or 'to what extent', from 'qua' (ablative of 'qui')

source: Wikipedia | Wikidata


morpheme_key: quad

morpheme: quad

morpheme_head: quad

affix_form: -quad-

sense_label: four

meaning_definition: four

example_words_list_1: quadruped, quadruple, quadrilateral

example_words_corpus: quads | quadlet | quadbit | quadpod | quadpot | quadplex

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin quadru- (stem of quattuor) 'four'


morpheme_key: quadri

morpheme: quadr(i)

morpheme_head: quadra

affix_form: quadr-

allomorphs: quadr | quadr(i) | quadr(u) | quadro

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: number four | characterized by four elements | ordinal position of four | multiplied by four | consisting of four parts

example_words_list_1: quadrilateral | quadruple | quadruped | quadriceps | quadrinomial | quadrangle | quadrennial | quadrifarious | quadrifid | quadrifolium | quadrifrons | quadrilingual | quadriliteral | quadrillion | quadrimester | quadrinational | quadrinodal | quadrinominal | quadripara | quadrireme | quadrisection | quadrivalent | quadrivium | quadruplet | quadruplex | quadruplicate | quatrain | quatre | quatrefoil | inquartation | interquartile | quadroon | quart | quartal | quartan | quartary | quarte | quarter | quartermaster | quartet | quartic | quartile | quartine | quarto | semiquartile | quadrisect

example_words_corpus: quadrimer | quadrilogy | quadriform | quadricorn | quadripole | quadrigamy

categorical_group_list: quantity

ancestor_etymon: quadri-  OED | quad

etymology: Latin quadrus 'square' (related to quattuor 'four')

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

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


morpheme_key: quadragen

morpheme: quadragen

morpheme_head: quadragen

affix_form: quadragen-

meaning_definition: forty each

example_words_list_1: quadragenarian, quadragenary

example_words_list_2: quadragenarian, quadragenary

categorical_group_list: Number, Age

etymology: Latin quadraginta 'forty'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: quadragesim

morpheme: quadragesim

morpheme_head: quadragesim

affix_form: quadragesim-

sense_label: fortieth

meaning_definition: fortieth

example_words_list_1: Quadragesima, quadragesimal

example_words_list_2: Quadragesima, quadragesimal

etymology: quadragesimus


morpheme_key: quadrant

morpheme: quadrant

morpheme_head: quadrant

affix_form: -quadrant-

meaning_definition: four | fourth | quarter

example_words_list_1: quadrant, quadrilateral, quadrantally

example_words_corpus: quadrants | quadrantic

etymology: Latin quadrans, quadrantis 'a fourth part', from quadrus 'square, four'


morpheme_key: quadric

morpheme: quadric

morpheme_head: quadric

affix_form: -quadric-

meaning_definition: four | quadruple | fourfold

example_words_list_1: quadric, quadricentric

example_words_corpus: quadrics | superquadric | multiquadric | hyperquadric | superquadrics | hyperquadrics

etymology: Latin quadri- 'four' (from quattuor) + -cus (adjective suffix)


morpheme_key: quadrille

morpheme: quadrille

morpheme_head: quadrille

affix_form: -quadrille-

meaning_definition: four | quadruple

example_words_list_1: quadrille, quadrilateral, quadruple

example_words_corpus: quadrilles | quadriller | quadrilled | quadrillers

etymology: Latin quadrus 'square' + -ille diminutive suffix


morpheme_key: quadruple

morpheme: quadruple

morpheme_head: quadruple

affix_form: -quadruple-

meaning_definition: four | fourfold

example_words_list_1: quadruplicate, quadruplets

etymology: Latin quadruplus 'fourfold', from quadru- 'four' + -plus 'fold'


morpheme_key: quaff

morpheme: quaff

morpheme_head: quaff

affix_form: -quaff-

meaning_definition: to drink heartily | to gulp | to guzzle

example_words_list_1: quaff

example_words_corpus: quaffs | quaffed | quaffer | quaffing | quaffers | quaffeth

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: Middle English quaffen, of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse kveffa 'to strike, beat' or a Germanic base meaning 'to gulp down'.


morpheme_key: quail

morpheme: quail

morpheme_head: quail

affix_form: -quail-

meaning_definition: a small game bird of the pheasant family | to crouch or shrink back in fear

example_words_list_1: quail

example_words_corpus: quails | quailed | quailer | quailing | quailers | quailest

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: From Old French 'caille', of Germanic origin; the verb meaning 'to shrink' is likely a back-formation or semantic shift from the bird name.


morpheme_key: quaint

morpheme: quaint

morpheme_head: quaint

affix_form: -quaint-

meaning_definition: understand | perceive

example_words_list_1: acquaint | quaint | acquaintance | reacquaint

example_words_corpus: quaints | quaintly | quaintish | quaintness

related_morphemes: cogn / cogn

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Knowledge

etymology: Latin cognoscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnoscere 'to know'


morpheme_key: quake

morpheme: quake

morpheme_head: quake

affix_form: -quake-

meaning_definition: to shake | to tremble | to quake

example_words_list_1: earthquake, aftershock, quaking

example_words_corpus: quakes | quaked | quakey | aquake | quakest | Quakery

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vibration, Instability

etymology: Middle English 'quaken', from Old English 'cwacian'


morpheme_key: quaker

morpheme: quaker

morpheme_head: quaker

affix_form: -quaker-

meaning_definition: a member of the Religious Society of Friends

example_words_list_1: Quakerism, Quakerish, Quakerly

categorical_group_list: Religion, Person, Proper Noun

etymology: From Quaker (verb) 'to quake, tremble', originally a derogatory term for followers of George Fox who were told to 'tremble at the word of the Lord'.


morpheme_key: qual

morpheme: qual

morpheme_head: qual

affix_form: qual-

allomorphs: quali

meaning_definition: type | category | attributes | traits

example_words_list_1: quality | qualify | disqualify | quale | qualifier | qualitative

example_words_corpus: quals

categorical_group_list: Attribute, Property

etymology: Latin qualis 'of what kind, of what sort'


morpheme_key: qualify

morpheme: qualify

morpheme_head: qualify

affix_form: -qualify-

meaning_definition: to make | to become | to be suitable

example_words_list_1: qualification, unqualified, qualifying

categorical_group_list: Attribute, Transformation

etymology: Latin qualificatus, past participle of qualificare 'to give a quality to', from qualis 'of what kind' + facere 'to make'


morpheme_key: qualit

morpheme: qualit

morpheme_head: qualit

affix_form: -qualit-

meaning_definition: quality | nature | property

example_words_list_1: quality, qualitative, qualitative

etymology: From Latin 'qualitas', derived from 'qualis' meaning 'of what kind'.


morpheme_key: qualm

morpheme: qualm

morpheme_head: qualm

affix_form: -qualm-

meaning_definition: doubt | hesitation | unease

example_words_list_1: qualm

example_words_corpus: qualms | qualmy | qualmish | qualmless | qualmishly | qualminess

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Cognition

etymology: Middle English 'qualm' (faintness, shudder)


morpheme_key: quant

morpheme: quant

morpheme_head: quant

affix_form: -quant-

meaning_definition: extent | degree of largeness | quantity

example_words_list_1: aliquant | quantify | quantitative | quantity | quantize | quantum

example_words_corpus: quants | quanter | quanters

related_morphemes: compare quot / quot

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Measurement

ancestor_etymon: quant

etymology: Latin quantus "how great, how much"


morpheme_key: quarant

morpheme: quarant

morpheme_head: quarant

affix_form: quarant-

meaning_definition: forty

example_words_list_1: quarantine

example_words_list_2: quarantine

etymology: Italian quaranta "forty"

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: quarantine

morpheme: quarantine

morpheme_head: quarantine

affix_form: -quarantine-

meaning_definition: isolation | separation | seclusion

example_words_list_1: quarantined, quarantine

example_words_corpus: quarantiner | quarantined | quarantines | quarantinee | quarantiners | requarantine

categorical_group_list: Isolation, Separation, Restriction

etymology: Italian quarantena, from Venetian quarantina, from quaranta 'forty', referring to the 40-day isolation period for ships during the plague.


morpheme_key: quark

morpheme: quark

morpheme_head: quark

affix_form: -quark-

meaning_definition: a fundamental constituent of matter | a subatomic particle

example_words_list_1: quark, up quark, down quark, strange quark, charm quark, top quark, bottom quark, quark-gluon plasma

example_words_corpus: squark | squarks | diquark | biquark | diquarks | triquark

categorical_group_list: Physics, Particle Physics, Matter, Science

etymology: From German 'Quark' meaning 'curd' or 'cottage cheese', coined by physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1964 to sound like 'quart' (as in four quarks) or 'quirk', referencing the original term 'quarks' from James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'.


morpheme_key: quarrel

morpheme: quarrel

morpheme_head: quarrel

affix_form: -quarrel-

meaning_definition: dispute | argument | altercation

example_words_list_1: quarrel, quarreled, quarreling, quarrelish

example_words_corpus: quarrels | quarreler | quarreled | quarrelers | quarrelled | quarrelous

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Interaction

etymology: Middle English quarrel, possibly from Old French quarrel


morpheme_key: quarry

morpheme: quarry

morpheme_head: quarry

affix_form: -quarry-

meaning_definition: a place from which stone or minerals are extracted | to extract stone

example_words_list_1: quarry

example_words_corpus: quarrying | quarryings | quarrylike

categorical_group_list: Extraction, Resource, Earth

etymology: Old French 'carrier' (quarry-man) from 'carrier' (carrier/porter)


morpheme_key: quart

morpheme: quart

morpheme_head: quart

affix_form: quart-

sense_label: fourth

meaning_definition: ordinal number four | cardinal number four | one of four equal divisions

example_words_list_1: quarter, quartet, quarterly, quartile

example_words_corpus: quartful | quartfuls

related_morphemes: quadr / quadr, quatr / quatr

categorical_group_list: Number 4 | quantity

ancestor_etymon: quad

etymology: Latin quartus 'fourth', from quattuor 'four'

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


morpheme_key: quarter

morpheme: quarter

morpheme_head: quarter

affix_form: quarter-

sense_label: one fourth

meaning_definition: one fourth | one of four

example_words_list_1: quarters | quarterly | quartered | quarterer | quarterage | quartering

categorical_group_list: Fraction, Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin quadrus 'square' (via Old French quartier)

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: quartz

morpheme: quartz

morpheme_head: quartz

affix_form: -quartz-

meaning_definition: hard mineral | crystalline structure

example_words_list_1: quartzite, quartz-like

example_words_corpus: quartzy | quartzes | quartzite | quartzine | quartzing | quartzose

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Earth, Material

etymology: Latin 'quartzum' or German 'Quarz', from Slavic 'kvarc'


morpheme_key: quasar

morpheme: quasar

morpheme_head: quasar

affix_form: -quasar-

meaning_definition: highly luminous galactic core | celestial object

example_words_list_1: quasar, quasars

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Celestial body

etymology: portmanteau of 'quasi-' and 'stellar'


morpheme_key: quash

morpheme: quash

morpheme_head: quash

affix_form: -quash-

meaning_definition: suppress | invalidate | put an end to

example_words_list_1: ['quash']

example_words_corpus: quashed | quashes | toquash | quasher | quashing | quashers

categorical_group_list: Action, Suppression

etymology: Old French escaissier 'to crush, destroy', from escaissier 'to crush' (from Vulgar Latin *excausare 'to crush out'), from Latin ex- 'out' + causare 'to crush'.


morpheme_key: quasi

morpheme: quasi

morpheme_head: quasi

affix_form: quasi-

meaning_definition: like | apparently | similar to | nearly | partially similar | not genuinely | showing some similarity | very nearly | in part | seeming but not actual | seeming

example_words_list_1: quasi-commerical | quasi-government | quasi-sensuous | quasi-religious | quasar | quasiparticle | quasi-stellar | quasi-legal | quasi-judicial Variant Spellings: quasar

example_words_corpus: quasifree | quasihole | quasistar | quasirape | quasimode | quasithin

related_morphemes: quasi- can be attached to a wide range of adjectives

categorical_group_list: Attribute mitigator | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: quasi | quasi  OED

etymology: Latin quasi (adv.) 'as if, almost', from quae 'which' + si 'if'

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


morpheme_key: quass

morpheme: quass

morpheme_head: quass

affix_form: quass-

meaning_definition: shake

example_words_list_1: quash, quassation

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: quatere


morpheme_key: quat

morpheme: quat

morpheme_head: quat

affix_form: quat-

meaning_definition: the number four

example_words_list_1: quarterly, quatrain, quaternary

example_words_list_2: quarterly, quatrain, quaternary

example_words_corpus: quats | polyquat

categorical_group_list: Number 4

etymology: Latin quat- (stem of quattuor 'four')


affix_form: -quat-

sense_label: orange (fruit)

meaning_definition: a citrus fruit | orange-colored fruit

example_words_list_1: quat, quat gai, quat zi

categorical_group_list: Food, Fruit

etymology: Cantonese word for orange, derived from Middle Chinese *gjuwong

ancestor_etymon_language: Cantonese


morpheme_key: quatern

morpheme: quatern

morpheme_head: quatern

affix_form: quatern-

sense_label: four each

meaning_definition: four each

example_words_list_1: biquaternion, quatern, quaternary, quaternate, quaternion, quaternity, quire

example_words_corpus: quaternity | quaternities

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: quaternī


morpheme_key: quatr

morpheme: quatr

morpheme_head: quatr

affix_form: quatr-

meaning_definition: number four | ordinal position of four | grouped in fours | repeated fourfold

example_words_list_1: quadrangle | quadrennial | quadriceps | quadrifarious | quadrifid | quadrifolium | quadrifrons | quadrilateral | quadrilingual | quadriliteral | quadrillion | quadrimester | quadrinational | quadrinodal | quadrinomial | quadrinominal | quadripara | quadrireme | quadrisection | quadrivalent | quadrivium | quadruped | quadruple | quadruplet | quadruplex | quadruplicate | quatrain | quatre | quatrefoil | inquartation | interquartile | quadroon | quart | quartal | quartan | quartary | quarte | quarter | quartermaster | quartet | quartic | quartile | quartine | quarto | semiquartile | quaternary | quaternion

related_morphemes: quadr / quadr, quart / quart

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: Latin quattuor 'four'


morpheme_key: quatrain

morpheme: quatrain

morpheme_head: quatrain

affix_form: -quatrain-

meaning_definition: four | a group of four

example_words_list_1: quatrain

example_words_corpus: quatrains

etymology: Latin quattuor 'four' + -ain (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: quay

morpheme: quay

morpheme_head: quay

affix_form: -quay-

meaning_definition: wharf | pier | landing place

example_words_list_1: quay

example_words_corpus: quays | quayage | quayman | quayside | quaylike | quayages

categorical_group_list: Location, Maritime

etymology: Malay 'kwae' (wharf/pier)

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: que

morpheme: que

morpheme_head: que

affix_form: -que-

meaning_definition: query | search

example_words_list_1: conquer, quest, acquire, query

example_words_list_2: conquer, quest, acquire, query

example_words_corpus: ques

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Action

ancestor_etymon: que

etymology: Latin quaerere 'to ask, seek'


morpheme_key: queath

morpheme: queath

morpheme_head: queath

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: to utter | to express verbally

example_words_list_1: bequeath Variant Spellings: bequest | quoth | bequest

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old English cwethan 'to say, declare'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: quecto

morpheme: quecto

morpheme_head: quecto

affix_form: quecto-

meaning_definition: seek | search | inquire

example_words_list_1: inquiry, quest, question

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Search

etymology: Latin quaerere 'to seek, ask'


morpheme_key: queen

morpheme: queen

morpheme_head: queen

affix_form: -queen-

meaning_definition: female monarch | female ruler

example_words_list_1: queen, queenship, queenly

example_words_corpus: queens | queeny | queenly | queened | requeen | queenie

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Person, Status

etymology: Old French queen, from Old English cwēn 'woman, wife' (cognate with Old High German kuonin, Gothic qēn)


morpheme_key: queer

morpheme: queer

morpheme_head: queer

affix_form: queer

meaning_definition: to confuse | to puzzle | to bewilder

example_words_list_1: queers | queerly | queered | queerer | queerdo | queermo

etymology: From Old English cwēor, meaning 'to confuse' or 'to puzzle'.

register: literary


morpheme_key: quell

morpheme: quell

morpheme_head: quell

affix_form: -quell-

meaning_definition: suppress | subdue | extinguish

example_words_list_1: quell, quelling, quelled

example_words_corpus: quells | queller | quelled | quelling | quellers | quellest

categorical_group_list: Suppression, Control

etymology: Middle English quell, from Old French quellir


morpheme_key: quench

morpheme: quench

morpheme_head: quench

affix_form: -quench-

meaning_definition: extinguish | satisfy | suppress

example_words_list_1: quench, quencher, quenched, quenching

example_words_corpus: quencher | quenched | unquench | requench | dequench | quenchers

categorical_group_list: Suppression, Satisfaction, Physical Action

etymology: Old French quensher 'to extinguish, subdue'


morpheme_key: quer

morpheme: quer

morpheme_head: quer

affix_form: quer-

meaning_definition: look for | pursue | in pursuit of | express dissatisfaction | mourn

example_words_list_1: inquire, require, acquire, quest

related_morphemes: quest / quest, quir / quir, quisit / quisit

categorical_group_list: Action, Perception


morpheme_key: querulous

morpheme: querulous

morpheme_head: querulous

affix_form: -querulous-

meaning_definition: complaining | whining | fretful

example_words_list_1: query, inquest, querulous

example_words_corpus: querulously | unquerulous | querulousness | querulousnesses

categorical_group_list: Complaint, Emotion

etymology: Latin querulus 'complaint, complaining', from queri 'to complain'


morpheme_key: query

morpheme: query

morpheme_head: query

affix_form: -query-

meaning_definition: to ask | to seek | to investigate

example_words_list_1: inquiry, query, queried

example_words_corpus: subquery | querying | queryist | queryable | queryings | overquery

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Investigation

etymology: From Latin 'quaerere' meaning 'to ask, seek, investigate'


morpheme_key: quest

morpheme: quest

morpheme_head: quest

affix_form: quest-

sense_label: search

meaning_definition: search | pursue | seek out

example_words_list_1: question, quest, inquest, requisition

example_words_corpus: quests | quested | quester | questing | questers | questman

categorical_group_list: Action, Inquiry

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: question

morpheme: question

morpheme_head: question

affix_form: -question-

meaning_definition: inquiry | doubt | uncertainty

example_words_corpus: questioner | questioned | requestion | questionee | questioning | questioners

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Uncertainty

etymology: From Latin 'quaestio' (inquiry, search), derived from 'quaerere' (to seek, ask).


morpheme_key: quetzal

morpheme: quetzal

morpheme_head: quetzal

affix_form: -quetzal-

meaning_definition: quetzal bird | precious feather

example_words_list_1: quetzal

example_words_corpus: quetzals

categorical_group_list: Nature, Fauna, Preciousness

etymology: Nahuatl 'quetzalli' meaning 'precious feather'

ancestor_etymon_language: Nahuatl

etymological_family: Nahuatl


morpheme_key: queue

morpheme: queue

morpheme_head: queue

affix_form: -queue-

meaning_definition: line | sequence | series

example_words_list_1: queue

example_words_corpus: queues | queued | queuer | dequeue | queuers | queueing

categorical_group_list: Order, Sequence, Arrangement

etymology: Old French 'cue', from 'coier' 'to know/direct'


morpheme_key: qui

morpheme: qui

morpheme_head: qui

affix_form: qui-

sense_label: rest

meaning_definition: state of inactivity | tranquility | silence | release from duty

example_words_list_1: quiet, quietus, quieta, quieter, quietest

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Absence of motion

ancestor_etymon: qui

etymology: quies | quiētus | Spanish  quina | shortened from quinaquina : cinchona bark Quechua

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


morpheme_key: quiche

morpheme: quiche

morpheme_head: quiche

affix_form: -quiche-

meaning_definition: quiche

example_words_list_1: quiche

example_words_corpus: quiches | quichelike

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: French quiche


morpheme_key: quick

morpheme: quick

morpheme_head: quick

affix_form: -quick-

meaning_definition: fast | rapid | swift

example_words_list_1: quickly, quicken, quickness

example_words_corpus: quicks | quicky | quickly | quicken | quickie | unquick

categorical_group_list: Speed, Motion, Vitality

etymology: Old English cwic 'alive, lively, quick'


morpheme_key: quid

morpheme: quid

morpheme_head: quid

affix_form: -quid-

meaning_definition: what | which | how much

example_words_list_1: quid pro quo, quiddity, quiescent

example_words_corpus: quids | quidlet | quidlets | quidsworth

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Pronominal, Core concept

etymology: Latin quid, neuter singular of quis 'who, what'


morpheme_key: quids

morpheme: quids

morpheme_head: quids

affix_form: -quids-

meaning_definition: money | cash | funds

example_words_list_1: quids, quid

categorical_group_list: Currency, Money, Slang

etymology: Plural of 'quid', a slang term for pound sterling, derived from Latin 'quid' (what) via the phrase 'quid pro quo'.


morpheme_key: quies

morpheme: quies

morpheme_head: quies

affix_form: quies-

meaning_definition: rest

example_words_list_1: quiescent, quiescence, quiet

etymology: quies | quiētus


morpheme_key: quiesce

morpheme: quiesce

morpheme_head: quiesce

affix_form: -quiesce-

meaning_definition: be still | quiet | rest

example_words_list_1: quiescence, quiescent, acquiesce

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Rest, Silence

etymology: Latin quiescere 'to become quiet, rest', from quies 'quiet, rest'


morpheme_key: quiet

morpheme: quiet

morpheme_head: quiet

affix_form: -quiet-

sense_label: silent

meaning_definition: silent | still | calm | making little noise

example_words_list_1: quiet, quietness, quietly, quietude

example_words_corpus: quiets | quieten | quietly | quieter | quieted | unquiet

categorical_group_list: State, Sensory, Absence

etymology: From Old French 'quiet' (resting, at rest), from Latin 'quietus' (calm, still), from 'quies' (rest).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: quietus

morpheme: quietus

morpheme_head: quietus

affix_form: -quietus-

meaning_definition: death | settlement | end

example_words_list_1: quietus, quietus propter, quietus est

categorical_group_list: Death, Finality

etymology: Latin quietus 'at rest, settled', past participle of quiescere 'to become quiet'


morpheme_key: quill

morpheme: quill

morpheme_head: quill

affix_form: -quill-

meaning_definition: feather | writing implement

example_words_list_1: quill, quilled, quilling

example_words_corpus: quills | quilly | quiller | quilled | quillers | quillman

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool

etymology: Old English 'cwill' (feather, quill)


morpheme_key: quilt

morpheme: quilt

morpheme_head: quilt

affix_form: -quilt-

meaning_definition: patchwork | fabric | covering

example_words_list_1: quilt, quilted, quilting

example_words_corpus: quilts | quilty | quilter | quilted | quilting | quilters

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: Middle English 'quilt', related to 'quilt' (fabric)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: quin

morpheme: quin

morpheme_head: quin

affix_form: -quin-

allomorphs: -quine

sense_label: cinchona, cinchona bark

meaning_definition: a species of tree | its bark

example_words_list_1: amodiaquin, quinacrine, quinidine, quinine, quinoline, quinone

example_words_corpus: quins | quink | quinks

categorical_group_list: Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology

etymology: From Latin quina 'each of five', referring to the five alkaloids originally isolated from cinchona bark.


affix_form: quin-

sense_label: fifth

meaning_definition: ordinal number representing the position of five in a sequence | cardinal number five | distribution of five items per group or individual

example_words_list_1: biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessence | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate

example_words_list_2: biquintile, quint, quinta, quintal, quintan, quintant, quintary, quinte, quintessence, quintessential, quintic, quintile, quintipara, quintus, semiquintile, biquinary, quinarius, quinary, quinate

categorical_group_list: Number, Ordinal

etymology: Latin quinque 'five'

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


morpheme_key: quince

morpheme: quince

morpheme_head: quince

affix_form: -quince-

meaning_definition: a type of small, hard, acid fruit

example_words_list_1: quince

example_words_corpus: quinces | quincelike

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', referring to the fruit's typical ripening period in the fifth month (May) or its five-pointed star shape when cut crosswise.


morpheme_key: quindecim

morpheme: quindecim

morpheme_head: quindecim

affix_form: quindecim-

meaning_definition: fifteenth

example_words_list_1: quindecimal

example_words_list_2: quindecimal

etymology: quindecimus


morpheme_key: quinden

morpheme: quinden

morpheme_head: quinden

affix_form: quinden-

sense_label: fifteen each

meaning_definition: fifteen each

example_words_list_1: quindenary

example_words_list_2: quindenary

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: quindeni


morpheme_key: quinine

morpheme: quinine

morpheme_head: quinine

affix_form: -quinine-

meaning_definition: bitter alkaloid | antimalarial agent

example_words_list_1: quinine

example_words_corpus: quinined | quinines | nonquinine | iodoquinine

categorical_group_list: Substance, Medicine

etymology: from the Quina-Quina bark

ancestor_etymon_language: Quechua


morpheme_key: quinqu

morpheme: quinqu

morpheme_head: quinqu

affix_form: quinqu-

allomorphs: quinqu(e)

meaning_definition: numerical value five | ordinal position corresponding to five | cardinal number representing five | distribution of five per unit

example_words_list_1: biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessence | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate | quinquagenarian | Quinquagesima | quinquefoliate | quinquennium | quinquevalent Variant Spellings: quincunx | quincunx

related_morphemes: cinqu / cinqu, quint / quint

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin quinque "five"

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: quint

morpheme: quint

morpheme_head: quint

affix_form: quint-

meaning_definition: numeral five | cardinal number five | ordinal position after four | five per unit

example_words_list_1: quintet | quintessence | biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate | quintain | quintillion | quintuple | quintuplet unrelated: quintal | quintuplets (5 identical people) | quintessential (top 5) | quintile (1 of 5 parts) | biquintile (2 of 5 parts)

example_words_corpus: quints | quintillion | quintillions | quintillionth | quintillionths | quintillionfold

related_morphemes: cinqu / cinqu, quinqu / quinqu

categorical_group_list: Number 5

ancestor_etymon: quint

etymology: Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *penkwe- 'five'.

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


morpheme_key: quintal

morpheme: quintal

morpheme_head: quintal

affix_form: -quintal-

meaning_definition: five | fifth

example_words_list_1: quintet, quintuplets, quintuple

example_words_corpus: quintals

etymology: Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', derived from 'quinque' (five)


morpheme_key: quintuple

morpheme: quintuple

morpheme_head: quintuple

affix_form: -quintuple-

meaning_definition: five | fivefold

example_words_list_1: quintuplicate

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth'


morpheme_key: quire

morpheme: quire

morpheme_head: quire

affix_form: -quire-

allomorphs: quir

meaning_definition: seek | ask | inquire

example_words_list_1: inquire, inquiry, require, requisition

example_words_corpus: quires | quired | quirewise

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Seeking

etymology: Latin quaerere 'to seek, ask'


morpheme_key: quirk

morpheme: quirk

morpheme_head: quirk

affix_form: -quirk-

meaning_definition: peculiarity | eccentricity | oddity

example_words_list_1: quirk, quirky, quirkiness

example_words_corpus: quirky | quirks | quirked | quirkily | unquirky | quirkish

categorical_group_list: Character, Personality

etymology: Middle English quirk (an eccentricity)


morpheme_key: quis

morpheme: quis

morpheme_head: quis

affix_form: -quis-

meaning_definition: pursue | inquire

example_words_list_1: conquistador | inquisitive | exquisite | perquisite | acquisition

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Search


morpheme_key: quisling

morpheme: quisling

morpheme_head: quisling

affix_form: -quisling-

meaning_definition: traitor | collaborator

example_words_list_1: quislingism, quislings

categorical_group_list: Betrayal, Treachery

etymology: Proper name Vidkun Quisling

ancestor_etymon_language: Norwegian

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: quit

morpheme: quit

morpheme_head: quit

affix_form: -quit-

meaning_definition: rest

example_words_list_1: quiet, quietude, quiescent

example_words_corpus: quits | acquit | quites | quitted | quitter | acquits

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Rest

etymology: quies, quiētus


morpheme_key: quiver

morpheme: quiver

morpheme_head: quiver

affix_form: -quiver-

meaning_definition: to shake or tremble | to vibrate

example_words_list_1: quiver, quivering, quivered

example_words_corpus: bequivers | quiverers | bequivered | quivertips | subquivers | quiverfuls

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vibration

etymology: Middle English quivren, related to Old English cwiferian


morpheme_key: quixote

morpheme: quixote

morpheme_head: quixote

affix_form: -quixote-

meaning_definition: idealistic | impractical | romanticized

example_words_list_1: quixotic, quixotism

example_words_corpus: quixotry | quixotism | quixotisms

categorical_group_list: Personality, Behavior

etymology: Proper noun from Don Quixote, protagonist of Cervantes' novel

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: quixotic

morpheme: quixotic

morpheme_head: quixotic

affix_form: -quixotic-

meaning_definition: idealistic | impractical | unrealistic

example_words_list_1: quixotic, quixotism, quixotically

categorical_group_list: Personality, Abstract concept

etymology: derived from the character Don Quixote


morpheme_key: quiz

morpheme: quiz

morpheme_head: quiz

affix_form: -quiz-

meaning_definition: test | question | inquiry

example_words_list_1: quiz, quizzing, quizzical

example_words_corpus: squizz | quizzy | quizzes | quizzer | quizzed | quizzee

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Assessment

etymology: From French 'quiz' (18th century), possibly from Latin 'quis' (who) or Irish 'cúis' (cause, matter), originally meaning a 'prompt question' or 'trick question'.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: quo

morpheme: quo

morpheme_head: quo

affix_form: -quo-

meaning_definition: to seek | to go after | to pursue

example_words_list_1: query, question, inquest, acquisition

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion, Inquiry


morpheme_key: quod

morpheme: quod

morpheme_head: quod

affix_form: -quod-

meaning_definition: that | which

example_words_list_1: quodlibet, quorum, quod erat demonstrandum

example_words_corpus: quods

categorical_group_list: Relativization, Core concept

etymology: Latin relative pronoun quod, neuter singular of qui, quae, quod


morpheme_key: quoit

morpheme: quoit

morpheme_head: quoit

affix_form: -quoit-

meaning_definition: a ring or hoop

example_words_list_1: quoit, quoits, quoit-ring

example_words_corpus: quoits | quoiter | quoiters

categorical_group_list: Object, Shape, Game equipment

etymology: From Old English 'cwēot' meaning a ring or hoop, related to Old Norse 'kvǫt' and Old High German 'guoz'.


morpheme_key: quondam

morpheme: quondam

morpheme_head: quondam

affix_form: -quondam-

meaning_definition: former | sometime | at one time

example_words_list_1: quondam

example_words_corpus: quondamly | quondamship

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal

etymology: Latin adverb quondam 'at some time, formerly', from quondam 'at some time' (from quis 'who' + -dam 'some')


morpheme_key: quorum

morpheme: quorum

morpheme_head: quorum

affix_form: -quorum-

meaning_definition: the minimum number | required number

example_words_list_1: quorum

example_words_corpus: quorums

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Number, Legal/Procedural

etymology: Latin quorum 'of whom', genitive plural of quis 'who'


morpheme_key: quot

morpheme: quot

morpheme_head: quot

affix_form: quot-

allomorphs: quota | quote

meaning_definition: quantity measure | magnitude extent | denotes numerical value: enumerating | tallying

example_words_list_1: quota | quotient | subquotient | aliquot | quotation | quote | quotidian | quotient unrelated: queath / quoth. | quorum

related_morphemes: compare quant / quant

categorical_group_list: quotient

ancestor_etymon: quot

etymology: Latin quot 'how many'


morpheme_key: quotidian

morpheme: quotidian

morpheme_head: quotidian

affix_form: -quotidian-

meaning_definition: daily | ordinary | commonplace

example_words_list_1: quotidian

categorical_group_list: Time, Frequency, Commonality

etymology: Latin quotidianus, from quoties 'how often' + -dianus


morpheme_key: quotient

morpheme: quotient

morpheme_head: quotient

affix_form: -quotient-

meaning_definition: result of division | portion | share

example_words_list_1: quotient

example_words_corpus: quotients | biquotient | biquotients | subquotients

categorical_group_list: Mathematics, Quantity

etymology: Latin quotiens 'how many times' (from qu- 'how much' + -tiens 'times')


morpheme_key: rab

morpheme: rab

morpheme_head: rab

affix_form: rab-

meaning_definition: madness, rage

example_words_list_1: rabid, rabble

example_words_list_2: rabid, rabble

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Altered State

etymology: Latin raba 'rabble, mob' or rabies 'rage, madness'


morpheme_key: rabbi

morpheme: rabbi

morpheme_head: rabbi

affix_form: rabbi

meaning_definition: A Jewish religious leader | A qualified individual leading a Jewish congregation | A title for a Jewish scholar or spiritual guide

example_words_list_1: rabbis | rabbinate | rabbiship | rabbinical | rabbinates | rabbiships

etymology: Derived from Hebrew 'rav' meaning 'great' or 'master'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew

etymological_family: Hebrew


morpheme_key: rabbit

morpheme: rabbit

morpheme_head: rabbit

affix_form: rabbit

meaning_definition: A runner who sets the pace in a race to tire a rival or aid a teammate | A term used in competitive racing to describe a strategic runner

example_words_list_1: rabbity | rabbito | rabbited | rabbitry | rabbiter | rabbitos


morpheme_key: rabble

morpheme: rabble

morpheme_head: rabble

affix_form: -rabble-

meaning_definition: disorderly crowd | noisy group | mob

example_words_list_1: rabble, rabblement

example_words_corpus: rabbles | rabbled | rabbler | rabblers | rabblement | rabblements

categorical_group_list: Group, Chaos

etymology: Middle English rabble, possibly related to rabble/rabblement


morpheme_key: rabid

morpheme: rabid

morpheme_head: rabid

affix_form: -rabid-

meaning_definition: characterized by extreme fury | affected by rabies

example_words_list_1: rabid

example_words_corpus: rabids | rabidly | rabidity | rabidness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disease, Intensity

etymology: Latin rabidus 'furious, mad', from rabies 'rabies, fury'


morpheme_key: rabies

morpheme: rabies

morpheme_head: rabies

affix_form: -rabies-

meaning_definition: madness | fury | rage

example_words_list_1: rabies, rabid, rabidly

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disease, Violence

etymology: Latin rabies 'rage, fury, madness'


morpheme_key: raccoon

morpheme: raccoon

morpheme_head: raccoon

affix_form: -raccoon-

meaning_definition: procyonid mammal | nocturnal animal

example_words_list_1: raccoon, raccoon dog

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Mammal

etymology: from Powhatan 'aroughcun'

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian


morpheme_key: race

morpheme: race

morpheme_head: race

affix_form: race-

sense_label: racing

meaning_definition: racing | contest | speed

example_words_list_1: races | raced | racer | racers | torace | enrace

categorical_group_list: Competition, Speed, Action

etymology: Derived from the verb 'race' (to run quickly), used attributively to denote things related to competitive running or speed.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: rach

morpheme: rach-

morpheme_head: rach-

affix_form: rach-

meaning_definition: spine

example_words_list_1: rachipagus, rachis, rachischisis, rhachiodont, rhachis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: ῥάχις, ῥάχεως (rhákhis, rhákheōs)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: racin

morpheme: racin

morpheme_head: racin

affix_form: -racin-

meaning_definition: base element | origin

example_words_list_1: deracinate, Racine

example_words_list_2: deracinate, Racine

related_morphemes: radic / radic

categorical_group_list: Nature, Origin

etymology: Latin radix, radic- 'root'


morpheme_key: rack

morpheme: rack

morpheme_head: rack

affix_form: -rack-

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

example_words_list_1: racket, ratchet, rack and ruin, rack up

example_words_corpus: racks | racker | racked | unrack | rerack | birack

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical movement, Grasping

etymology: From Old English 'ræcan' meaning 'to stretch out, extend, reach'.


morpheme_key: racket

morpheme: racket

morpheme_head: racket

affix_form: -racket-

meaning_definition: noise | loud sound | confusion

example_words_list_1: racket

example_words_corpus: racketers | racketeers | racketings | racketeered | racketballs | racketiness

categorical_group_list: Sound, Chaos

etymology: From Middle English 'rakette', possibly from Old French 'racasser' (to make noise) or a Germanic base related to 'rack' (to stretch/torment), evolving to mean 'noisy disturbance'.


morpheme_key: raconteur

morpheme: raconteur

morpheme_head: raconteur

affix_form: -raconteur-

meaning_definition: storyteller | narrator

example_words_list_1: raconteur

example_words_corpus: raconteurs | raconteurial

categorical_group_list: Agent, Communication

etymology: French 'raconteur', from 'raconter' 'to recount'


morpheme_key: racquet

morpheme: racquet

morpheme_head: racquet

affix_form: -racquet-

meaning_definition: a bat-like implement used in games

example_words_list_1: racquet

example_words_corpus: racquets | racquetball | racquetless | racquetlike | racquetballs | racquetballer

categorical_group_list: Equipment, Sport

etymology: Middle French 'raquette'


morpheme_key: rad

morpheme: rad

morpheme_head: rad

affix_form: -rad-

allomorphs: radi

sense_label: to scrape

meaning_definition: to scrape | to shave | to scratch

example_words_list_1: radish, eradicate, radian

example_words_corpus: rads | megarad | gigarad | kilorad | radness | megarads

categorical_group_list: Action, Removal

etymology: rādere, rāsus


morpheme_key: radar

morpheme: radar

morpheme_head: radar

affix_form: -radar-

meaning_definition: detection | scanning | radio-based sensing

example_words_list_1: radar, radarmetric

example_words_corpus: radargrams | radarscopes | radarkymogram | radarkymograms | radarmeteorology

categorical_group_list: Technology, Detection, Sensing

etymology: acronym from RADio Detection And Ranging


morpheme_key: radia

morpheme: radia

morpheme_head: radi

affix_form: radia-

allomorphs: radia

meaning_definition: narrow column of light/energy | wheel component extending from center | energy emission | line of light/energy | emission of light | emanating from a central point

example_words_list_1: radiance | radiation | radioactive | radiant | irradiate | radioactivity | radian

categorical_group_list: Direction designator

ancestor_etymon: radi

etymology: radius, radiāre


morpheme_key: radic

morpheme: radic

morpheme_head: radic

affix_form: radic-

sense_label: referring to the beginning

meaning_definition: origin | base | of an anatomical structure | typically a nerve or vein | root

example_words_list_1: radical, radicalism, radicate, radicel

related_morphemes: racin / racin

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form


morpheme_key: radio

morpheme: radio

morpheme_head: radio

affix_form: -radio-

sense_label: connected with radio waves or radio communications

meaning_definition: related to wireless signals or communication via radio waves

example_words_list_1: radioastronomy, radiogram)

example_words_list_2: radioastronomy, radiogram)

example_words_corpus: radiotin | radiology | radiohalo | radiogram | radiogold | radiolite

categorical_group_list: Communication, Physics, Technology

ancestor_etymon: radius  OED

etymology: From Latin 'radius' meaning 'ray' or 'beam of light'

ancestor_etymon_language: Modern English from Latin OED

source: MorphoQuantics | OED


morpheme_key: radix

morpheme: radix

morpheme_head: radix

affix_form: radic

allomorphs: radic

meaning_definition: origin | base

example_words_list_1: radical, eradicate, radish

example_words_corpus: radixes

categorical_group_list: Position indicator

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: raffle

morpheme: raffle

morpheme_head: raffle

affix_form: -raffle-

meaning_definition: a game of chance | drawing lots

example_words_list_1: raffle

example_words_corpus: raffled | raffles | raffler | rafflers

categorical_group_list: Chance, Gaming

etymology: French 'raffle' (a drawing of lots)

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: raft

morpheme: raft

morpheme_head: raft

affix_form: -raft-

meaning_definition: tree trunk section

example_words_list_1: raft, rafter

example_words_list_2: raft, rafter

example_words_corpus: rafts | rafter | rafted | rafting | raftage | raftman

categorical_group_list: Noun, Object, Watercraft

etymology: From Old English 'ræft' (raft, pile of logs), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'raft' and German 'Raff'.


morpheme_key: rafter

morpheme: rafter

morpheme_head: rafter

affix_form: -rafter-

meaning_definition: a long, narrow flat piece of timber or other material used in building

example_words_list_1: rafter, raftered, rafterless, rafterboard

categorical_group_list: Construction, Architecture, Structural component

etymology: From Old English 'ræft' (beam, rafter), related to 'ræfan' (to cover with rafters).


morpheme_key: rag

morpheme: rag

morpheme_head: rag

affix_form: -rag-

meaning_definition: rag | cloth | piece of cloth

example_words_list_1: rag, rags, ragged, ragbag

example_words_corpus: rags | raggy | ragbag | toerag | ragged | ragman

categorical_group_list: Material, Object, Clothing

etymology: Old English 'ræġ' meaning 'rag, strip of cloth'


morpheme_key: raid

morpheme: raid

morpheme_head: raid

affix_form: -raid-

meaning_definition: a sudden attack | a surprise military incursion

example_words_list_1: raid, raider, raiding

example_words_corpus: raids | raider | raided | ramraid | raiders | raiding

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: Old French 'raide' (a charge, onset)