morpheme_key: machiavelli

morpheme: machiavelli

morpheme_head: machiavelli

affix_form: -machiavelli-

meaning_definition: Machiavellian | cunning | deceitful | manipulative

example_words_list_1: machiavellian

categorical_group_list: Strategy, Deception, Personality

etymology: Proper noun referring to Niccolò Machiavelli


morpheme_key: machine

morpheme: machine

morpheme_head: machine

affix_form: -machine-

sense_label: mechanical device

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: mechanical device | apparatus | engine

example_words_list_1: mechanic, mechanical, mechanism, mechanicize, mechanicist

example_words_corpus: machines | machiner | machined | machiners | submachine | machinegun

categorical_group_list: Technology, Tool, Physicality

etymology: Greek mēchanē 'device, way, means'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: machismo

morpheme: machismo

morpheme_head: machismo

affix_form: -machismo-

meaning_definition: hyper-masculinity | exaggerated masculinity

example_words_list_1: machista, machismo, machismo complex

example_words_corpus: femismo

categorical_group_list: Personality, Social concept

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: machy

morpheme: machy

morpheme_head: machy

affix_form: -machy

affix_type: suffix

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: fight | conflict | contest

example_words_list_1: centauromachy | logomachy | naumachy | sciamachy | tauromachy | Gigantomachy | Titanomachy

example_words_corpus: zoomachy | theomachy | monomachy | pyromachy | psychomachy

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: Greek makros : long

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: mackerel

morpheme: mackerel

morpheme_head: mackerel

affix_form: -mackerel-

meaning_definition: a type of marine fish

example_words_list_1: mackerel

example_words_corpus: mackerels | mackereler | mackerelly | mackerelers | mackerelled

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Food

etymology: Middle English makrel

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: macro

morpheme: macr(o)

morpheme_head: macr(o)

affix_form: macr-

allomorphs: macr

affix_type: prefix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: large | long | precisely long | typically large | extensive | considerable

example_words_list_1: macrophage | Examples: macropod ("big foot") | Macrodontophion ("big tooth snake") | Macrogryphosaurus ("big enigmatic lizard") | macroscopic | macroplankton | macrobiotic | amphimacer | macrocosm | macroeconomics | macron | macrencephaly | macrobiotics | macrocephaly | macroclimate | macrocyte | macroscopic Variant Spellings: amphimacer

example_words_corpus: macropod | macroion | macrocup | macroRNA | macroMEC | macrogel

related_morphemes: compare micro / micro

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | Medical and Scientific | Attribute intensifier | scale | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: μακρός (makrós) | macro | μακρο-  OED

etymology: Greek makros 'large, long'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Ancient Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /mækroʊ/

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


morpheme_key: macula

morpheme: macula

morpheme_head: macul

affix_form: -macula-

allomorphs: macula

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: mark | discoloration

example_words_list_1: immaculate, macula, maculate, maculation

example_words_corpus: macular | nonmacular | submacular | epimacular | panmacular | paramacular

categorical_group_list: Discoloration, Imperfection

etymology: Latin macula 'spot, stain'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: mad

morpheme: mad

morpheme_head: mad

affix_form: mad

meaning_definition: extremely confused | highly excited | mentally unstable

example_words_list_1: mads | madly | bemad | madman | madcap | madnep

etymology: Derived from Old English 'mæd' meaning 'mad'.

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: madagascan

morpheme: madagascan

morpheme_head: madagascan

affix_form: -madagascan-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Madagascar

example_words_list_1: madagascan

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Adjectival, Geographic

etymology: Derived from the proper noun Madagascar

ancestor_etymon_language: Malagasy

etymological_family: other

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: madam

morpheme: madam

morpheme_head: madam

affix_form: -madam-

meaning_definition: lady | woman of rank | respectful form of address

example_words_list_1: madam

example_words_corpus: madams | bemadam | madamji | madamish | bemadams | madamhood

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Person

etymology: Middle French 'madame', from 'ma' (my) + 'dame' (lady)

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: Romance

register: honorific


morpheme_key: madeira

morpheme: madeira

morpheme_head: madeira

affix_form: -madeira-

meaning_definition: Madeira (island/region)

example_words_list_1: Madeira, madeira wine

example_words_corpus: Madeiran

categorical_group_list: Geography, Material, Proper Noun

etymology: From Portuguese Madeira, meaning 'wood', derived from Latin materia.

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: madras

morpheme: madras

morpheme_head: madras

affix_form: -madras-

meaning_definition: Madras (city in India) | cotton fabric from Madras

example_words_list_1: madras, madrasa, madrasa

categorical_group_list: Geography, Material, Textile

etymology: From Tamil 'mattirāsu' (white cloth), via Portuguese 'madras', referring to the city of Madras (now Chennai) where the fabric was originally produced.

ancestor_etymon_language: Tamil


morpheme_key: madrid

morpheme: madrid

morpheme_head: madrid

affix_form: -madrid-

meaning_definition: Madrid (city in Spain)

example_words_list_1: Madrid, Madridista, Real Madrid

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Geographical location, City

etymology: From Arabic al-Majrīṭ (الماجرط), likely from a pre-Roman Iberian name for the Manzanares River.

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: madrigal

morpheme: madrigal

morpheme_head: madrigal

affix_form: -madrigal-

meaning_definition: song | polyphonic vocal music

example_words_list_1: madrigal

example_words_corpus: madrigaler | madrigalic | madrigalist | madrigalers | madrigalists

categorical_group_list: Music, Art

etymology: Italian madrigale, from Old French madrigal, of unknown origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *matricalis

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: maelstrom

morpheme: maelstrom

morpheme_head: maelstrom

affix_form: -maelstrom-

meaning_definition: whirlpool | violent storm | state of confused turmoil

example_words_list_1: maelstrom, maelstromic

example_words_corpus: maelstroms

categorical_group_list: Nature, Chaos, Motion

etymology: Middle Dutch malen "to grind" + storm "storm"

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: maestro

morpheme: maestro

morpheme_head: maestro

affix_form: -maestro-

meaning_definition: master | conductor | expert

example_words_list_1: maestro, maestoso, maestria

example_words_corpus: maestros | maestrolike

categorical_group_list: Agency, Mastery, Music

etymology: Italian maestro, from Old Italian maestro, from Latin magister 'master, chief'


morpheme_key: mag

morpheme: mag

morpheme_head: mag

affix_form: -mag-

allomorphs: magi

meaning_definition: able to act | hold power

example_words_list_1: Magi, magic, magician

example_words_list_2: Magi, magic, magician

example_words_corpus: mags | webmag | webmags | magsman | diskmag | discmag

categorical_group_list: Power, Magic, Ability

etymology: Greek magos 'magician, sorcerer'


morpheme_key: mageddon

morpheme: mageddon

morpheme_head: mageddon

affix_form: -mageddon

meaning_definition: cataclysmic destruction | end of the world

example_words_list_1: Marmageddon | ratmageddon | beemageddon | Snowmageddon | treemageddon | hairmageddon

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Catastrophe

etymology: Portmanteau of 'Armageddon' and '-geddon' suffixation pattern

ancestor_etymon_language: English

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: magenta

morpheme: magenta

morpheme_head: magenta

affix_form: -magenta-

meaning_definition: magenta

example_words_list_1: magenta

example_words_corpus: magentas | magentaish

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Named after the Battle of Magenta (1859); derived from French magenta, likely from the place name Magenta.


morpheme_key: maggot

morpheme: maggot

morpheme_head: maggot

affix_form: -maggot-

meaning_definition: larva of a fly | decaying matter

example_words_list_1: maggot, maggoty

categorical_group_list: Biology, Decay

etymology: Middle English maggot, related to maggoty

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: magic

morpheme: magic

morpheme_head: magic

affix_form: -magic-

allomorphs: magico

meaning_definition: supernatural | occult | enchantment

example_words_list_1: magical, magician, magic

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Essence

etymology: Greek magikos 'of the magicians'


morpheme_key: magister

morpheme: magister

morpheme_head: magister

affix_form: -magister-

bound_free_or_root: stem

meaning_definition: instructor | authority

example_words_list_1: magistrate

example_words_list_2: magistrate

example_words_corpus: magisters

categorical_group_list: Agency, Authority, Education

ancestor_etymon: magistr

etymology: Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more'


morpheme_key: magistr

morpheme: magistr

morpheme_head: magistr

affix_form: -magistr-

meaning_definition: expert | instructor

example_words_list_1: magisterial | magisterium | magistral | magistrate Variant Spellings: master | magistrate | master

related_morphemes: magn / magn, mistr / mistr / : compare ministr / ministr

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more' + -ister (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: magma

morpheme: magma

morpheme_head: magma

affix_form: -magma-

meaning_definition: molten rock | lava

example_words_list_1: magmatic, magmatism

example_words_corpus: magmas | postmagma | magmalike | magmasphere | magmaspheres

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geology, Heat

etymology: Greek magma "mass, lump, congealed mass"

register: scientific


morpheme_key: magn

morpheme: magn

morpheme_head: magn

affix_form: magn-

allomorphs: magn(i) | magna

sense_label: great

meaning_definition: grand | vast | huge

example_words_list_1: magnanimity | magnanimous | magnate | magnificent | magnify | magnitude | magnum | Charlemagne | Magna Charta | magna cum laude | Magnavox™ | Magnificat | magniloquence | magnum opus unrelated: magnesium | magnet

related_morphemes: comparative form: major / major / : superlative form: maxim / maxim / : magistr / magistr, maha / maha, mega / mega / : compare min2 / min

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude, Importance

ancestor_etymon: magn

etymology: Latin magnus "great, large"

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


morpheme_key: magna

morpheme: magna

morpheme_head: magna

affix_form: magna-

sense_label: great, large

meaning_definition: great, large

example_words_list_1: magnanimity, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magnitude, magnum

etymology: magnus


morpheme_key: magnate

morpheme: magnate

morpheme_head: magnate

affix_form: -magnate-

meaning_definition: great | large | important

example_words_list_1: magnificent, magnify, magnitude

example_words_corpus: magnates | antimagnate

etymology: Latin magnus 'great, large'


morpheme_key: magnesio

morpheme: magnesio

morpheme_head: magnesio

affix_form: magnesio-

allomorphs: magnesia

meaning_definition: containing magnesium

example_words_list_1: magnesiothermic | magnesioferrite | magnesiofoitite | magnesiochromite | magnesiohornblende | magnesiostaurolite

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elemental

etymology: From Latin magnesius (magnesian) + -o (nominal suffix), derived from Magnesia (a region in Thessaly, Greece, known for its magnetic stones).


morpheme_key: magnet

morpheme: magnet

morpheme_head: magnet

affix_form: magnet-

allomorphs: magnes | magneto

sense_label: magnet

meaning_definition: magnet | magnetic force

example_words_list_1: bioelectromagnetism | biomagnetism | diamagnetic | diamagnetism | electromagnet | geomagnetic | magnesium | magnet | magnetic | magnetism | magnetite | magnetize | magnetobiology | magnetologist | magnetometer | magnetosome | manganese | paramagnetic | paramagnetism

example_words_list_2: bioelectromagnetism, biomagnetism, diamagnetic, diamagnetism, electromagnet, geomagnetic, magnesium, magnet, magnetic, magnetism, magnetite, magnetize, magnetobiology, magnetologist, magnetometer, magnetosome, manganese, paramagnetic, paramagnetism

example_words_corpus: magnets | magnetic | magnetar | magneton | magnetism | magnetite

categorical_group_list: Physics, Magnetism

etymology: μάγνης, μάγνητος (mágnēs, mágnētos)

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: magnific

morpheme: magnific

morpheme_head: magnific

affix_form: -magnific-

meaning_definition: great | large | impressive

example_words_list_1: magnificent, magnify, magnification

categorical_group_list: Size, Quality


morpheme_key: magnum

morpheme: magnum

morpheme_head: magnum

affix_form: -magnum-

meaning_definition: great | large | large-scale

example_words_list_1: magnificent, magnitude, magnanimous

example_words_corpus: magnums

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude


morpheme_key: magpie

morpheme: magpie

morpheme_head: magpie

affix_form: -magpie-

meaning_definition: magpie

example_words_list_1: magpie

example_words_corpus: magpies | magpielike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animals

etymology: Middle English magpie, from Old French pie


morpheme_key: magyar

morpheme: magyar

morpheme_head: magyar

affix_form: -magyar-

meaning_definition: Hungarian | Magyar

example_words_list_1: magyar, magyaros, magyarság

categorical_group_list: Ethnonym, Nationality

etymology: From the endonym 'Magyar', referring to the Magyar people; historically linked to the Onogur-Bulgar confederation.

ancestor_etymon_language: Hungarian


morpheme_key: maha

morpheme: maha

morpheme_head: maha

affix_form: False

affix_type: combining form

meaning_definition: large | immense | superior

example_words_list_1: maharani, maharajah, maharishi, mahatma, Mahayana, mahout

related_morphemes: magn / magn

etymology: Sanskrit maha- "great"

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: maharajah

morpheme: maharajah

morpheme_head: maharajah

affix_form: -maharajah-

meaning_definition: great king | emperor

example_words_list_1: maharajah

categorical_group_list: Title, Royalty, Status

etymology: Sanskrit mahā- "great" + rāja "king"


morpheme_key: maharani

morpheme: maharani

morpheme_head: maharani

affix_form: -maharani-

meaning_definition: queen | empress | sovereign ruler

example_words_list_1: maharani

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Status, Power

etymology: Sanskrit mahārāṇī (great queen)


morpheme_key: mahatma

morpheme: mahatma

morpheme_head: mahatma

affix_form: -mahatma-

meaning_definition: great soul | noble spirit

example_words_list_1: Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma

categorical_group_list: Honorific, Personhood, Spirituality

etymology: Sanskrit mahat "great" + atman "soul"


morpheme_key: mahayana

morpheme: mahayana

morpheme_head: mahayana

affix_form: -mahayana-

meaning_definition: great | large | expansive

example_words_list_1: ['Mahayana']

categorical_group_list: Size, Religion, Philosophy

etymology: Sanskrit mahā- "great" + yāna "vehicle"


morpheme_key: mahogany

morpheme: mahogany

morpheme_head: mahogany

affix_form: -mahogany-

meaning_definition: a type of dark reddish-brown wood | a tropical tree

example_words_list_1: ['mahogany']

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Spanish mahogani (from Mayan/Taíno origin)


morpheme_key: maia

morpheme: maia

morpheme_head: maia

affix_form: maia

meaning_definition: mother | nurse | nurturer

example_words_list_1: Examples: Maiasaura ("Good Mother/Maia's lizard"); Eomaia ("dawn Maia"); Juramaia (Jurassic Maia"); Maiacetus ("mother whale")

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: Μαῖα (Maîa)

etymology: From Greek Μᾶια (Maia), the name of a nymph, daughter of Atlas, associated with nurturing and growth; possibly related to Greek μαῖα (maia) 'nurse, wet-nurse' or the verb μαίω (maiō) 'to nurse'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /meiə/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: maid

morpheme: maid

morpheme_head: maid

affix_form: -maid-

meaning_definition: female servant | maid | young woman

example_words_list_1: maid, maidservant, chambermaid, housemaid

example_words_corpus: maids | maiden | maidly | mermaid | barmaid | maidens

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Person

etymology: Old French 'maide' (young woman, servant)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: mail

morpheme: mail

morpheme_head: mail

affix_form: -mail-

meaning_definition: armor | mail | scale

example_words_list_1: chainmail, maille

example_words_corpus: Gmail | mails | maily | mailer | mailed | admail

categorical_group_list: Material, Armor

etymology: Old French 'maille' 'mesh, loop'


morpheme_key: maim

morpheme: maim

morpheme_head: maim

affix_form: -maim-

meaning_definition: to injure | to wound | to disfigure

example_words_list_1: maim, maimed, maiming

example_words_corpus: maims | maimed | maimer | maimee | maiming | maimers

categorical_group_list: Violence, Injury

etymology: Middle English maimen, from maim


morpheme_key: main

morpheme: main

morpheme_head: main

affix_form: -main-

sense_label: hand

meaning_definition: primary | central | chief

example_words_list_1: coup de main, legerdemain, maintain, maintenance

example_words_corpus: mains | amain | mainly | mainer | maintop | midmain

categorical_group_list: Body part, Manual action

etymology: Latin manus 'hand'


morpheme_key: maine

morpheme: maine

morpheme_head: maine

affix_form: -maine-

meaning_definition: hand

example_words_list_1: manual, manipulate, mandate, manacle

example_words_corpus: Mainer | mained

categorical_group_list: Body parts, Anatomy

etymology: Latin 'manus' meaning 'hand'


morpheme_key: maintain

morpheme: maintain

morpheme_head: maintain

affix_form: -maintain-

meaning_definition: to keep | to preserve | to continue

example_words_list_1: maintenance, maintainable, maintainer

example_words_corpus: maintains | maintained | maintaining | maintaineth | maintainest | mismaintain

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Preservation

etymology: Latin manere 'to remain, stay'


morpheme_key: maison

morpheme: maison

morpheme_head: maison

affix_form: -maison-

meaning_definition: house | home

example_words_list_1: maison, maisonnette, maisonnette

categorical_group_list: Location, Shelter

etymology: Latin 'domus' (house) with the locative suffix '-ionem' (accusative of '-io')


morpheme_key: maitre

morpheme: maitre

morpheme_head: maitre

affix_form: -maitre-

meaning_definition: master | teacher | leader

example_words_list_1: maitre d', maitre d'hotel

categorical_group_list: Agency, Authority, Mastery

etymology: Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more' + -ter 'agent suffix'


morpheme_key: maize

morpheme: maize

morpheme_head: maize

affix_form: -maize-

meaning_definition: corn | maize | Zea mays

example_words_list_1: maize

example_words_corpus: maizes | nonmaize | maizemeal | maizelike | maizefield | maizefields

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant, Agriculture

etymology: Taino word 'mahiz' (corn)

ancestor_etymon_language: Taíno


morpheme_key: maj

morpheme: maj

morpheme_head: maj

affix_form: maj-

meaning_definition: more significant | bigger | more crucial

example_words_list_1: majesty | major | majority | majuscule | mayor | semimajor | supermajority | majestic

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude, Importance

ancestor_etymon: maj

etymology: major | majus


morpheme_key: majest

morpheme: majest

morpheme_head: majest

affix_form: -majest-

meaning_definition: greatness | dignity | superiority

example_words_list_1: majestic, majesty, majestically

categorical_group_list: Status, Power, Grandeur

etymology: Latin maiestas 'greatness, dignity, majesty', from maior 'greater' (comparative of magnus 'great')


morpheme_key: major

morpheme: major

morpheme_head: major

affix_form: -major-

meaning_definition: possessing grandeur or solemnity | more prominent

example_words_list_1: maestoso | force majeure | majesty | major | Majorca | majority | majuscule Variant Spellings: mayor | mayor

example_words_corpus: majors | majored | majorly | comajor | majority | majoring

related_morphemes: comparative of magn / magn / : compare minor / minor

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin maior 'greater, larger', comparative of magnus 'great'


morpheme_key: make

morpheme: make

morpheme_head: make

affix_form: -make-

meaning_definition: create | produce | construct

example_words_list_1: maker, making, remake, makeable

example_words_corpus: maker | makes | maken | maked | remake | makers

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation, Causation

etymology: Proto-Germanic *makōną 'to make, prepare', from PIE *mag- 'to knead, shape'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: mal

morpheme: mal

morpheme_head: mal

affix_form: mal-

sense_label: bad

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,verb,noun

meaning_definition: unfavorable | unhealthy | inappropriate | non-operational | inadequate | malevolent | defective | insufficient | erroneous | poorly | inappropriately | erroneously | miserably | wretched

example_words_list_1: malfunction, maladapted, malformed, malady, malpractice

example_words_corpus: mals | malism | malfed | malodor | malcode | malparry

related_morphemes: comparative form: pejor / pejor / : superlative form: pessim / pessim / : compare bon / bon, ben1 / ben

categorical_group_list: Descriptives

ancestor_etymon: mal | malus  OED

etymology: Latin mal- (variant of male) 'badly, ill'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

source: Cognatarium | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Stein


morpheme_key: mala

morpheme: mala

morpheme_head: mala

affix_form: mala-

meaning_definition: badly, improperly, wrongly, wretchedly

example_words_list_1: dismal, malady, malcontent, maladroit, malaise, malediction, malefaction, malevolent, malfeasance, malfunction, malice, malicious, malignancy, malnourished, malodorous, premalignant

categorical_group_list: Negation, Badness

etymology: malus

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: malaco

morpheme: malac(o)

morpheme_head: malac(o)

affix_form: malac-

allomorphs: malac

meaning_definition: soft | softening

example_words_list_1: malacologist | malacology | malacia | bronchomalacia | keratomalacia | osteomalacia

example_words_list_2: malacologist, malacology, malacia, bronchomalacia, keratomalacia, osteomalacia

example_words_corpus: malacoid | malacology | malacofauna | malacophagy | malacologist | malacofaunal

etymology: Greek malakos "soft"

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: malachite

morpheme: malachite

morpheme_head: malachite

affix_form: -malachite-

meaning_definition: green mineral | carbonate of copper

example_words_list_1: malachite, malachitic

example_words_corpus: malachites | pseudomalachite

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Color

etymology: Greek 'malakhēs' 'soft'


morpheme_key: malacia

morpheme: malacia

morpheme_head: malacia

affix_form: -malacia

meaning_definition: softening | soft

example_words_list_1: osteomalacia | malacologist | malacology | malacia | bronchomalacia | keratomalacia

example_words_corpus: malacias | osteomalacia | leukomalacia | myelomalacia | keratomalacia | tracheomalacia

categorical_group_list: Texture, Condition

etymology: Greek μαλακία (malakía), soft, weak, self-indulgent


morpheme_key: maladroit

morpheme: maladroit

morpheme_head: maladroit

affix_form: -maladroit-

meaning_definition: bad | ill | badly

example_words_list_1: maladroit

example_words_corpus: maladroits | maladroitly | maladroitness

categorical_group_list: Ability, Negation

etymology: Latin mal- 'bad, ill'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: malady

morpheme: malady

morpheme_head: malady

affix_form: -malady-

meaning_definition: illness | disease | sickness

example_words_list_1: malady, malady-like

example_words_corpus: maladies | maladious

categorical_group_list: Health, Negative state

etymology: Old French maladie, from mal (bad) + aide (help/assistance)


morpheme_key: malaise

morpheme: malaise

morpheme_head: malaise

affix_form: -malaise-

meaning_definition: discomfort | unease | feeling of illness

example_words_list_1: malaise, malaisé, démêler, malappris

example_words_corpus: malaised | malaises

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Negative state

etymology: French 'malaise' from 'mal' (bad) + 'aise' (ease)


morpheme_key: malaprop

morpheme: malaprop

morpheme_head: malaprop

affix_form: -malaprop-

meaning_definition: misuse of words | erroneous use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one

example_words_list_1: malapropism, malaprop

categorical_group_list: Linguistic error, Speech error

etymology: derived from the character Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play 'The Rivals'


morpheme_key: malario

morpheme: malario

morpheme_head: malario

affix_form: malario-

meaning_definition: disease | illness | sickness

example_words_list_1: malariogenic

example_words_corpus: malariogenic

categorical_group_list: Disease, Pathology, Medical

etymology: From Latin 'malaria' (bad air), from 'malus' (bad) + 'aer' (air)


morpheme_key: malaysia

morpheme: malaysia

morpheme_head: malaysia

affix_form: -malaysia-

allomorphs: Malaysio

meaning_definition: Malaysia

example_words_list_1: Malaysia

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From the Malay name 'Malaysia', derived from 'Melayu' (Malay) + '-sia' (a suffix used for country names, from Sanskrit 'stāna' meaning place/region).

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: male

morpheme: male

morpheme_head: male

affix_form: male-

sense_label: badly, improperly, wrongly, wretchedly

example_words_list_2: dismal, malady, malcontent, maladroit, malaise, malediction, malefaction, malevolent, malfeasance, malfunction, malice, malicious, malignancy, malnourished, malodorous, premalignant

example_words_corpus: males | shemale | nonmale | maledom | malesub | malebot


morpheme_key: mali

morpheme: mali

morpheme_head: mali

affix_form: mali-


morpheme_key: malice

morpheme: malice

morpheme_head: malice

affix_form: -malice-

meaning_definition: ill | bad | evil

example_words_list_1: malicious, malcontent, maledict

example_words_corpus: malices | maliced | maliceful | maliceless

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Malice, Hostility

etymology: Latin malus 'bad, evil'


morpheme_key: malign

morpheme: malign

morpheme_head: malign

affix_form: -malign-

meaning_definition: evil | bad | harmful

example_words_list_1: malignant, malignity, malign

example_words_corpus: maligns | maligned | malignly | maligner | malignin | unmalign

categorical_group_list: Malice, Negation


morpheme_key: mall

morpheme: mall

morpheme_head: mall

affix_form: -mall-

allomorphs: malle

meaning_definition: a heavy tool for striking | instrument used for pounding

example_words_list_1: malleable | malleolus | mallet | malleus | Malleus Maleficarum | pall-mall Variant Spellings: maul | maul

example_words_corpus: malls | malling | megamall | mallcore | minimall | Mallwart

etymology: Latin malleus 'hammer'


morpheme_key: mallard

morpheme: mallard

morpheme_head: mallard

affix_form: -mallard-

meaning_definition: male duck | anatidae

example_words_list_1: mallard, mallard duck

example_words_corpus: mallards

categorical_group_list: Animals, Birds

etymology: Middle English maldard, from Old English mældere, from malr (male) + dera (duck)


morpheme_key: malleable

morpheme: malleable

morpheme_head: malleable

affix_form: -malleable-

meaning_definition: capable of being shaped | pliable | impressionable

example_words_list_1: malleability, malleate, hammer

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Changeability

etymology: Latin malleus 'hammer' + -abilis 'capable of'


morpheme_key: mallet

morpheme: mallet

morpheme_head: mallet

affix_form: -mallet-

meaning_definition: a small hammer | tool for striking

example_words_list_1: mallet, mallets

example_words_corpus: mallets | malleters

categorical_group_list: Tool, Weapon

etymology: Middle English malet, from Old French maillet


morpheme_key: mallow

morpheme: mallow

morpheme_head: mallow

affix_form: -mallow-

meaning_definition: soft | mucilaginous | soothing

example_words_list_1: mallow

example_words_corpus: mallows | mallowwort | rosemallow | marshmallow | mallowworts | rosemallows

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Latin malva 'mallow' (a genus of flowering plants)


morpheme_key: malt

morpheme: malt

morpheme_head: malt

affix_form: -malt-

meaning_definition: germinated grain | malted

example_words_list_1: malt, malty, malting

example_words_corpus: malts | malty | malted | malter | maltol | maltin

categorical_group_list: Food, Agriculture, Beverage

etymology: Old English 'melt' (grain prepared for brewing)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: mama

morpheme: mama

morpheme_head: mama

affix_form: -mama-

meaning_definition: mother

example_words_list_1: mama, mamma

example_words_corpus: mamas | mamaji | godmama | mamajis | stepmama | mamahood

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Core concept

etymology: PIE *māter-

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: mamm

morpheme: mamm

morpheme_head: mamm

affix_form: mamm-

allomorphs: mamma | mammo

sense_label: breast

meaning_definition: breast | milk

example_words_list_1: mammal, mammary, mammography

example_words_list_2: mammal, mammary, mammography

example_words_corpus: mammitis | mammiform | mammalgia | mammectomy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: mamma


morpheme_key: mamma

morpheme: mamma

morpheme_head: mamma

affix_form: -mamma-

sense_label: mother

meaning_definition: mother | maternal

example_words_list_1: mammal, mammary, mammalian

example_words_corpus: mammas | stepmamma | grandmamma | stepmammas | mammaplasty | grandmammas

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Biological

etymology: Latin 'māter' (genitive 'mātris') meaning 'mother'


morpheme_key: mammal

morpheme: mammal

morpheme_head: mammal

affix_form: -mammal-

meaning_definition: mammal | vertebrate | milk-producing

example_words_list_1: mammal, mammalian, mammalogy

example_words_corpus: mammals | mammalian | mammalogy | mammalial | mammality | mammaldom

categorical_group_list: Biology, Taxonomy, Organism

etymology: Latin mammalis, from mamma 'breast, udder'


morpheme_key: mammary

morpheme: mammary

morpheme_head: mammary

affix_form: -mammary-

meaning_definition: breast | mammal

example_words_list_1: mammary, mammilla

example_words_corpus: submammary | perimammary | inframammary | intramammary | extramammary | intermammary

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin mamma 'breast, teat'


morpheme_key: mammillo

morpheme: mammillo

morpheme_head: mammillo

affix_form: mammillo-

meaning_definition: nipple | teat

example_words_list_1: mammillaplasty | mammillitis

example_words_list_2: mammillaplasty, mammillitis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological

etymology: Latin mammilla 'nipple, teat'


morpheme_key: mammon

morpheme: mammon

morpheme_head: mammon

affix_form: -mammon-

meaning_definition: wealth | greed | material gain

example_words_list_1: mammonism, mammonist, mammonize

categorical_group_list: Greed, Wealth, Sin

etymology: Aramaic mammonā "riches"

ancestor_etymon_language: Aramaic


morpheme_key: mammoth

morpheme: mammoth

morpheme_head: mammoth

affix_form: -mammoth-

meaning_definition: large | massive | enormous

example_words_list_1: mammoth

example_words_corpus: mammoths | mammothlike | weremammoth | weremammoths

categorical_group_list: Size, Animal, Magnitude

etymology: Russian mamont (extinct elephant)

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: mammy

morpheme: mammy

morpheme_head: mammy

affix_form: -mammy-

example_words_list_1: mammy

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Affection

etymology: English 'mamma' (nursery word)

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: man

morpheme: man

morpheme_head: man

affix_form: man-

allomorphs: mant

sense_label: crazy

meaning_definition: crazy

example_words_list_1: hypermania, hypomania, kleptomania, mania, maniac, manic, megalomania, monomania, pyromania, pyromaniac

example_words_corpus: mans | axman | reman | manly | deman | manny

categorical_group_list: Mental State, Emotion

etymology: μαίνεσθαι(maínesthai), μανία (manía), μανικός(manikós), μάντις


sense_label: divination

meaning_definition: supernatural knowledge-seeking | future prediction | vision

example_words_list_1: manometer, manoscopy, manostat, sphygmomanometer

categorical_group_list: Divination, Perception

etymology: Old French -mancie (comb. form) Greek manteia : divination, prophecy mantis : prophet, seer

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


sense_label: flow

meaning_definition: flow

example_words_list_1: emanant, emanate, emanation, immanant, immanation

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluidity

etymology: mānāre, mānātus


affix_form: -man-

allomorphs: mana | mane | mani

meaning_definition: hand

example_words_list_1: manuscript, manipulate, manual

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin 'manus' meaning 'hand'


affix_form: -man

sense_label: man, specified type

meaning_definition: man, specified type

example_words_list_1: businessman, salesman

example_words_list_2: businessman, salesman

categorical_group_list: Agent, Person

etymology: From Old English 'mann' (human being, man), from Proto-Germanic '*mannaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*man-' (mind, think). Note: The record's 'affix_form: -man' and 'example_words: businessman' likely refer to the agentive suffix '-man' (from Old English '-mann'), which is historically identical to the root word for 'man' but functions derivationally in modern English.


morpheme: man-

morpheme_head: man-

sense_label: stay

meaning_definition: remain in a place | continue in a state or position | reside or live in a location

example_words_list_1: immanence | immanent | impermanence | impermanent | maisonette | manor | manorial | manse | mansion | ménage | menagerie | menial | meiny | messuage | nonpermanence | nonpermanent | permanence | permanent | quasipermanent | remain | remainder | remanence | remanent | remnant | semipermanent | permanent Variant Spellings: remain

related_morphemes: men2 / men

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin manere 'to stay, remain'


morpheme_key: mana

morpheme: mana

morpheme_head: mana

affix_form: -mana-

sense_label: spiritual energy

meaning_definition: spiritual energy | life force | magical power

example_words_list_1: mana, manas, manaism

example_words_corpus: manas | manasic

categorical_group_list: Energy, Magic, Essence

etymology: Melanesian/Polynesian 'mana' (supernatural power/efficacy)

ancestor_etymon_language: Austronesian


morpheme_key: manacle

morpheme: manacle

morpheme_head: manacle

affix_form: -manacle-

meaning_definition: restraint | shackle | fetter

example_words_list_1: manacle

example_words_corpus: manacles | manacled | unmanacle | immanacle | unmanacled | unmanacles

categorical_group_list: Restraint, Physical object

etymology: Latin manica 'sleeve, armlet' (from manus 'hand')


morpheme_key: manage

morpheme: manage

morpheme_head: manage

affix_form: -manage-

meaning_definition: control | direct | administer

example_words_list_1: management, manageable, manager, mismanagement

example_words_corpus: manager | managed | manages | managee | managers | managees

categorical_group_list: Control, Action, Agency

etymology: Latin 'manus' (hand) + '-agere' (to do, drive)


morpheme_key: manc

morpheme: manc

morpheme_head: manc

affix_form: -manc-

allomorphs: mance

meaning_definition: foretell future events | practice fortune-telling | perform magical rituals

example_words_list_1: mancus, mancusque

categorical_group_list: Magic, Ill Omen, Defect

etymology: From Latin 'mancus' meaning 'mutilated' or 'defective', derived from 'manus' (hand), referring to the loss of a hand as a mark of shame or curse, later associated with sorcery and ill omen.


morpheme_key: mancy

morpheme: mancy

morpheme_head: mancy

affix_form: -mancy

meaning_definition: foretelling | skill of | method of

example_words_list_1: oneiromancy, pyromancy, necromancy, aeromancy, geomancy

example_words_list_2: ailuromancy | aleuromancy | alphitomancy | arithmancy | athermancy | belomancy | bibliomancy | capnomancy | catoptromancy | cephalomancy | dactylomancy | dendromancy | diathermancy | dormancy | entomomancy | necromancy

example_words_corpus: geomancy | myomancy | zoomancy | xylomancy | pyromancy | logomancy

categorical_group_list: Divination, Magic, Esotericism

ancestor_etymon: mancy

etymology: Greek -manteia (divination)


morpheme_key: mand

morpheme: mand

morpheme_head: mand

affix_form: mand-

sense_label: order

meaning_definition: direct | instruct | undertake | to direct | to instruct

example_words_list_1: command | commandant | commandment | commend | commendable | commendam | commendation | commendatory | counterdemand | countermand | demand | demandant | encomienda | mandamus | mandatary | mandate | mandator | mandatory | recommend | recommendation | remand | remandment | commandeer | commando | remand Variant Spellings: commodore | commodore

example_words_corpus: mands

related_morphemes: comb of man1 / man + dat / dat / : mend1 / mend

ancestor_etymon: mand

etymology: mandāre | mandātus


morpheme_key: mandamus

morpheme: mandamus

morpheme_head: mandamus

affix_form: -mandamus-

meaning_definition: command | order | mandate

example_words_list_1: command, mandate, demand

example_words_corpus: mandamuses

categorical_group_list: Action, Authority

etymology: Latin mandare 'to commit to one's charge, order', from com- 'together' + mandare 'to put in one's hand, entrust'


morpheme_key: mandible

morpheme: mandible

morpheme_head: mandible

affix_form: -mandible-

meaning_definition: jaw | lower jaw

example_words_list_1: mandibular

example_words_corpus: mandibles | hemimandible | hemimandibles | micromandible

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin mandibula 'jawbone, jaw', from mandere 'to chew'


morpheme_key: mandibulo

morpheme: mandibulo

morpheme_head: mandibulo

affix_form: mandibulo-

meaning_definition: jaw | mandible

example_words_list_1: mandibulohyoid | mandibuloacral | mandibulofacial | mandibulomaxillary

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological structure

etymology: From Latin mandibulum 'jaw', derived from mandere 'to chew'.


morpheme_key: mandolin

morpheme: mandolin

morpheme_head: mandolin

affix_form: -mandolin-

meaning_definition: stringed musical instrument

example_words_list_1: ['mandolin']

example_words_corpus: mandolins | mandoliner | mandolinist | mandoliners | mandolinists | mandolinlike

categorical_group_list: Musical Instrument

etymology: Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian

etymological_family: Italian


morpheme_key: mandrel

morpheme: mandrel

morpheme_head: mandrel

affix_form: -mandrel-

meaning_definition: a cylindrical shaft or spindle

example_words_list_1: mandrel, mandrel-driven, mandrel-like

example_words_corpus: mandrels

categorical_group_list: Mechanical parts, Core concept

etymology: From Latin mandrillum, diminutive of mandrum 'jack, lever'.


morpheme_key: maneuver

morpheme: maneuver

morpheme_head: maneuver

affix_form: -maneuver-

meaning_definition: movement | action | strategy

example_words_list_1: maneuver, maneuvering, maneuverability

example_words_corpus: maneuvers | maneuvered | maneuverer | maneuvering | maneuverers | mismaneuver

categorical_group_list: Movement, Action, Strategy

etymology: Middle French 'manœuvre' from 'main' 'hand' + 'œuvre' 'work'


morpheme_key: mang

morpheme: mang

morpheme_head: mang

affix_form: False

allomorphs: mango

meaning_definition: to masticate | to grind with teeth

example_words_list_1: blancmange | mange | manger | mangy Variant Spellings: mandible unrelated: mangle | mandible

example_words_corpus: mangs

etymology: Old French 'manger' (to eat)


morpheme_key: mangan

morpheme: mangan

morpheme_head: mangan

affix_form: mangan-

meaning_definition: to eat | to devour | to consume

example_words_list_1: mangeable, mangiferous, mangrove

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Action, Latin origin

etymology: Latin 'mangere' meaning 'to eat' or 'to devour'


morpheme_key: manganese

morpheme: manganese

morpheme_head: manganese

affix_form: -manganese-

meaning_definition: chemical element manganese

example_words_list_1: ['manganese', 'manganous', 'manganic']

example_words_corpus: manganeses | dimanganese | ekamanganese | nonmanganese | octamanganese | nonamanganese

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: from Magnesia, a region in Greece


morpheme_key: manger

morpheme: manger

morpheme_head: manger

affix_form: -manger-

meaning_definition: eat | consume

example_words_list_1: manger, mange

example_words_corpus: mangers | mangerlike

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: Latin 'manducare' 'to eat' (frequentative of 'mandere')


morpheme_key: mangle

morpheme: mangle

morpheme_head: mangle

affix_form: -mangle-

meaning_definition: disfigure | crush | distort

example_words_list_1: ['mangle']

example_words_corpus: mangles | mangled | mangler | manglers | manglest | bemangle

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Physical alteration

etymology: Middle English manglen, related to mangle (to crush or disfigure)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: mani

morpheme: mani

morpheme_head: mani

affix_form: mani-

sense_label: many

meaning_definition: numerous | plentiful | several

example_words_list_1: manifold, many

example_words_list_2: manifold, many

example_words_corpus: Maniot

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin 'manus' (hand) + '-farius' (made of), literally 'made with many hands'; the form 'mani-' in English is a truncation or folk etymological association with 'many', but the morpheme itself is not a productive prefix in Latin or English.


morpheme_key: mania

morpheme: mania

morpheme_head: mania

affix_form: mania-

sense_label: craving

meaning_definition: intense longing | mental disorder | obsessive fixation | to erupt in fury | unreasonableness

example_words_list_1: pyromania, kleptomania, hypomania, mania

example_words_corpus: maniac | manias | egomania | maniacal | Obamania | Leomania

categorical_group_list: Anatomy Pathology

ancestor_etymon: mani

etymology: Greek | Aram mannā Hebrew mān : manna

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


morpheme_key: maniac

morpheme: maniac

morpheme_head: maniac

affix_form: -maniac-

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: craving, madness

example_words_list_1: hypomania, pyromania, kleptomania, megalomania

example_words_corpus: egomaniac | logomaniac | pyromaniac | theomaniac | egomaniacs | oenomaniac

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

etymology: Greek mania "madness, frenzy"


morpheme_key: manic

morpheme: manic

morpheme_head: manic

affix_form: -manic-

meaning_definition: madness | frenzy | mania

example_words_list_1: manic, manic-depressive, hypomanic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Mental State

etymology: Greek mania 'madness, frenzy'


morpheme_key: manifest

morpheme: manifest

morpheme_head: manifest

affix_form: -manifest-

meaning_definition: clear | visible | plain

example_words_list_1: manifest, manifestation, manifesto

example_words_corpus: manifests | manifested | manifestly | manifester | unmanifest | immanifest

categorical_group_list: Perception, Clarity

etymology: Latin manifestus 'clear, evident, palpable', of uncertain origin, perhaps from manus 'hand' + festus 'festive' or related to manere 'to remain'


morpheme_key: manifold

morpheme: manifold

morpheme_head: manifold

affix_form: -manifold-

meaning_definition: many | many times | in many ways

example_words_list_1: manifold, manifoldness

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Multiplicity, Adjective

etymology: From Old English 'manigfeald', composed of 'manig' (many) + 'feald' (fold, from Proto-Germanic *falþaz)


morpheme_key: manila

morpheme: manila

morpheme_head: manila

affix_form: -manila-

meaning_definition: Manila (city in the Philippines) | Manila hemp (fiber from Musa textilis)

example_words_list_1: Manila envelope, manila folder, manila hemp, Manila paper

categorical_group_list: Geography, Plant fiber, Proper noun

etymology: From Tagalog 'Maynilà', meaning 'where indigo is grown', from 'nilà' (indigo). The 'manila' in 'manila hemp' is a metonymic extension from the city where the fiber was exported.

ancestor_etymon_language: Tagalog


morpheme_key: manipulate

morpheme: manipulate

morpheme_head: manipulate

affix_form: -manipulate-

meaning_definition: to handle | to control | to influence

example_words_list_1: manipulation, manipulator, manipulable

categorical_group_list: Action, Control

etymology: Latin manipulus 'handful, bundle' (from manus 'hand')


morpheme_key: manna

morpheme: manna

morpheme_head: manna

affix_form: -manna-

allomorphs: mann

meaning_definition: divine food | nourishment | sustenance

example_words_list_1: manna

example_words_corpus: mannalike | mannagrass

categorical_group_list: Food, Divinity, Sustenance

etymology: Hebrew man˕ (mann)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: manner

morpheme: manner

morpheme_head: manner

affix_form: -manner-

meaning_definition: way | behavior | style

example_words_list_1: mannerism, mannerly

example_words_corpus: manners | mannered | mannerly | mannerism | mannerist | mannerize

categorical_group_list: Methodology, Process

etymology: Latin maner- 'to stay, remain', from manere 'to stay'


morpheme_key: manno

morpheme: manno

morpheme_head: manno

affix_form: manno-

meaning_definition: six

example_words_list_1: mannoprotein | mannohexaose | mannopeptide | mannopyranose | mannoproteins | mannopentaose

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: PIE *snéks / *snéks (related to numerical roots for six)


morpheme_key: manoeuvre

morpheme: manoeuvre

morpheme_head: manoeuvre

affix_form: -manoeuvre-

meaning_definition: maneuver | movement | skillful handling

example_words_list_1: manoeuvring, manoeuvrable

etymology: Middle French 'manœuvre' from 'main' 'hand' + 'œuvre' 'work'


morpheme_key: manometer

morpheme: manometer

morpheme_head: manometer

affix_form: -manometer-

meaning_definition: instrument for measuring pressure

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Instrument

etymology: Greek mano- 'thin/small' + metron 'measure'


morpheme_key: manor

morpheme: manor

morpheme_head: manor

affix_form: -manor-

meaning_definition: estate | manor house | landed property

example_words_list_1: manorial, manorialism

example_words_corpus: manors | manorway

categorical_group_list: Location, Social Structure

etymology: Latin manor, manoris 'estate, domain'


morpheme_key: mans

morpheme: mans

morpheme_head: mans

affix_form: mans-

meaning_definition: remain in a place | reside in a location | continue to be in a state

example_words_list_1: mansion | manse | manor

example_words_list_2: mansion | manse | manor

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Location

ancestor_etymon: man

etymology: Latin manere 'to stay, remain'


morpheme_key: mansion

morpheme: mansion

morpheme_head: mansion

affix_form: -mansion-

meaning_definition: large | grand | stately house

example_words_list_1: mansionary, mansioner

example_words_corpus: mansions | McMansion | mansionry | mansioned | mansionette | minimansion

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Dwelling

etymology: Latin mansionem (nominative mansio) 'a staying, dwelling', from manere 'to stay'


morpheme_key: mant

morpheme: mant

morpheme_head: mant

affix_form: -mant-

sense_label: cloak, covering

meaning_definition: outer garment | enveloping layer

example_words_list_1: dismantle, manta, manteau, mantel, mantelpiece, mantilla, mantle, mantua, portmanteau

categorical_group_list: Covering, Protection

etymology: Latin mantum 'head covering, veil'


morpheme_key: mantel

morpheme: mantel

morpheme_head: mantel

affix_form: -mantel-

meaning_definition: cloak | covering | cape

example_words_list_1: mantel, mantle

example_words_corpus: mantels | overmantel | manteltree | mantelpiece | mantelshelf | overmantels

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Covering

etymology: Latin mantellum 'cloak, covering', from mantus 'covered'


morpheme_key: mantic

morpheme: mantic

morpheme_head: mantic

affix_form: -mantic-

meaning_definition: divination | prophetic | seer

example_words_list_1: mantic, mantis, mantology

example_words_corpus: manticism | zoomantic | manticisms | aeromantic | chiromantic | astromantic

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

etymology: Greek -mantikos (prophetic), from -manteia (divination)


morpheme_key: mantis

morpheme: mantis

morpheme_head: mantis

affix_form: -mantis-

meaning_definition: praying | predatory insect

example_words_list_1: mantis

example_words_corpus: mantises | mantisfly

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: Greek mantis 'prophet' or 'seer'


morpheme_key: mantle

morpheme: mantle

morpheme_head: mantle

affix_form: -mantle-

meaning_definition: covering | cloak | layer

example_words_list_1: mantle, mantled, mantling

example_words_corpus: mantles | mantled | unmantle | immantle | mantleth | mantlest

categorical_group_list: Covering, Layering

etymology: Latin mantellum 'cloak, covering', from mantere 'to remain, stay'


morpheme_key: manu

morpheme: manu

morpheme_head: manu

affix_form: manu-

meaning_definition: the hand

example_words_list_1: manual, manufacture, manipulate

example_words_corpus: manus

categorical_group_list: Body part, Physicality

ancestor_etymon: manu

etymology: Latin 'manus' meaning 'hand'


morpheme_key: manual

morpheme: manual

morpheme_head: manual

affix_form: -manual-

meaning_definition: by hand | done by hand

example_words_list_1: manual, manipulate, maneuver, manicure

example_words_corpus: manuals | manually | bimanual | manualism | manualist | nonmanual

categorical_group_list: Agency, Physicality

etymology: Latin manus 'hand'


morpheme_key: manuel

morpheme: manuel

morpheme_head: manuel

affix_form: -manuel-

meaning_definition: hand

example_words_list_1: manual, manipulate, mandate, manufacture

example_words_corpus: Manuelgate

categorical_group_list: Body part, Hand


morpheme_key: manumit

morpheme: manumit

morpheme_head: manumit

affix_form: -manumit-

meaning_definition: to release | to set free

example_words_list_1: manumission, manumitted, manumitter

example_words_corpus: manumits | manumitted | manumittor | manumitter | manumitting | manumittors

categorical_group_list: Release, Action

etymology: Latin manumissus, past participle of manumittere 'to set free', from manus 'hand' + mittere 'to send'


morpheme_key: manure

morpheme: manure

morpheme_head: manure

affix_form: -manure-

meaning_definition: animal dung | fertilizer

example_words_list_1: manured

example_words_corpus: manured | manures | manurer | manurey | manurers | humanure

categorical_group_list: Nature, Agriculture

etymology: Old French 'manure' (manure, dung)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: many

morpheme: many

morpheme_head: many

affix_form: -many-

meaning_definition: large in number | great in amount

example_words_list_1: many

example_words_corpus: manyfold | manyness | manycore | manywise | overmany | manyplies

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Magnitude

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *manigaz, from PIE *men- (to count)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: map

morpheme: map

morpheme_head: map

affix_form: -map-

meaning_definition: to assign | to direct | to plot

example_words_list_1: map, mapping, mapper

example_words_corpus: maps | remap | unmap | demap | bitmap | mapped

categorical_group_list: Action, Spatial, Direction

etymology: Latin 'mappa' meaning 'napkin, cloth, map'


morpheme_key: maple

morpheme: maple

morpheme_head: maple

affix_form: -maple-

meaning_definition: maple tree | maple syrup

example_words_list_1: maple, maplewood, maple syrup

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: From Old English 'mapel' or 'mapul', referring to the maple tree, of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: mar

morpheme: mar

morpheme_head: mare

affix_form: -mar-

sense_label: horse

meaning_definition: domesticated equine

example_words_list_1: mare (horse), marshal (all senses), Marshal

example_words_corpus: mars | mardy | bemar | marrer | marred | marses

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: PIE *márko- 'horse'


morpheme_head: mar

affix_form: mar-

allomorphs: mari | mare

sense_label: sea

meaning_definition: body of saltwater | vast oceanic area | marine environment

example_words_list_1: maar | mariculture | marina | marinade | marinara | marinate | marination | marine | mariner | maritime | submarine | ultramarine | aquamarine | mare (sea) | mare clausum | mare liberum | mare nostrum | Marlin | Marlow | marsh | Marvin | rosemary

related_morphemes: mer1 / mer

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: mare | maris | Old English mere | fem. of mearh : horse

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_head: mar, mart

affix_form: mar

allomorphs: mart

sense_label: war

meaning_definition: strife | combat

example_words_list_1: Mars (god of war)|martial (war-like)|martial art (art of war)|martial law (law of wartime)

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Combat

etymology: From Latin 'Mars' (god of war), from Proto-Italic *Mārtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗr- 'to boundary' (originally 'protector of boundaries').


morpheme_key: maraschino

morpheme: maraschino

morpheme_head: maraschino

affix_form: -maraschino-

meaning_definition: marasca cherry

example_words_list_1: maraschino cherry, maraschino liqueur, maraschino

categorical_group_list: Food, Fruit, Beverage

etymology: Italian marasca (a type of cherry)


morpheme_key: marathon

morpheme: marathon

morpheme_head: marathon

affix_form: -marathon-

meaning_definition: long-distance | endurance | continuous

example_words_list_1: marathon

example_words_corpus: marathons | marathoner | marathonic | marathoners | marathoning | nonmarathon

categorical_group_list: Duration, Physical activity

etymology: Greek marathon (a plain in Attica)


morpheme_key: maraud

morpheme: maraud

morpheme_head: maraud

affix_form: -maraud-

meaning_definition: to raid | to plunder | to roam for plunder

example_words_list_1: marauder, marauding

example_words_corpus: marauds | marauder | marauded | marauders | marauding | maraudings

categorical_group_list: Action, Violence

etymology: Middle French 'marauder'


morpheme_key: marble

morpheme: marble

morpheme_head: marble

affix_form: -marble-

meaning_definition: fine-grained stone | metamorphic rock

example_words_list_1: marbled

example_words_corpus: marbles | marbled | marbler | marblers | emmarble | enmarble

categorical_group_list: Material, Mineral

etymology: Greek marmaros 'shining stone'


morpheme_key: marc

morpheme: marc

morpheme_head: marc

affix_form: marc-

sense_label: with each note emphasized

meaning_definition: stressing each note individually | a dividing line | establishing a boundary

example_words_list_1: marcato | demarcation | march (all senses) | marchese | marchioness

example_words_corpus: marcs

related_morphemes: marqu / marqu

categorical_group_list: Boundary, Distinction

etymology: Latin marca 'boundary, boundary stone' (possibly of Germanic origin)


morpheme_key: march

morpheme: march

morpheme_head: march

affix_form: -march-

meaning_definition: to walk with steady heavy steps | to advance

example_words_list_1: march, marcher, demarche, paramilitary

example_words_corpus: marchy | Marchy | marcher | marched | marching | marchers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Latin 'marchare' (to march, stride) or 'marcus' (Mars, god of war), related to 'marcus' (warlike)


morpheme_key: margarine

morpheme: margarine

morpheme_head: margarine

affix_form: -margarine-

meaning_definition: margarine

example_words_list_1: margarine

example_words_corpus: margarines | margariney | margarined | oleomargarine | margarinelike | antimargarine

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: From Greek margarites 'pearl', via French margarine


morpheme_key: marge

morpheme: marge

morpheme_head: marge

affix_form: -marge-

meaning_definition: to mix | to blend | to join

example_words_list_1: amalgam, amalgamate

example_words_corpus: marges

categorical_group_list: Combination, Unity

etymology: Greek amphi- 'on both sides, around' + hagios 'holy'


morpheme_key: margin

morpheme: margin

morpheme_head: margin

affix_form: -margin-

meaning_definition: edge | perimeter

example_words_list_1: emarginate, margent, margin, marginalia

example_words_list_2: emarginate, margent, margin, marginalia

example_words_corpus: margins | marginal | marginals | marginally | marginless | marginalize

related_morphemes: marc1 / marc, marqu / marqu

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Boundary

etymology: Latin 'margo' (genitive 'marginis') meaning 'edge, border'


morpheme_key: mari

morpheme: mari

morpheme_head: mari

affix_form: False

sense_label: Mary

meaning_definition: a female given name

example_words_list_1: Maria | Marian | Marie | Marietta | marigold | Marilyn | Marion | marionette | Mary Variant Spellings: Maureen | Miriam | Maureen

example_words_corpus: Marian

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Hebrew miryam "bitter" or "beloved"

etymological_family: Hebrew


morpheme_key: marine

morpheme: marine

morpheme_head: marine

affix_form: -marine-

allomorphs: marin | marina

meaning_definition: sea | ocean | marine life

example_words_list_1: maritime, marine, marinara

example_words_corpus: marined | submarine | nonmarine | cismarine | submariner | submarines

etymology: Latin 'marinus' meaning 'of the sea', derived from 'mare' (sea)


morpheme_key: marital

morpheme: marital

morpheme_head: marital

affix_form: -marital-

meaning_definition: marriage | matrimonial

example_words_list_1: marital, matrimony, matrimoniate

example_words_corpus: premarital | nonmarital | postmarital | extramarital | premaritally | intramarital

categorical_group_list: Relation, Social status

etymology: Latin marītus 'married, nuptial', from marīta 'wife'


morpheme_key: maritime

morpheme: maritime

morpheme_head: maritime

affix_form: -maritime-

meaning_definition: sea | ocean | marine

example_words_list_1: maritime, mariner, mariner's

example_words_corpus: maritimely | nonmaritime | submaritime

etymology: Latin maritimus 'of the sea', from marinus 'of the sea', from mare 'sea'


morpheme_key: marjoram

morpheme: marjoram

morpheme_head: marjoram

affix_form: -marjoram-

meaning_definition: marjoram (herb)

example_words_list_1: ['marjoram']

example_words_corpus: marjorams

categorical_group_list: Plants, Herbs

etymology: Greek origanon 'oregano'


morpheme_key: mark

morpheme: mark

morpheme_head: mark

affix_form: -mark-

meaning_definition: exchange goods/services | acquire through payment

example_words_list_1: merchant, market

example_words_list_2: merchant, market

example_words_corpus: Marko | smark | marked | Markan | marker | Markie

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: mec

etymology: Latin 'mercari' (to buy) or 'merx' (merchandise)


morpheme_key: market

morpheme: market

morpheme_head: market

affix_form: -market-

meaning_definition: place of trade | exchange | commerce

example_words_list_1: marketplace, marketing, marketability

example_words_corpus: upmarket | marketed | marketer | demarket | comarket | remarket

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Place

etymology: Latin mercatus 'market, trade', past participle of mercari 'to buy, trade'


morpheme_key: marm

morpheme: marm

morpheme_head: marm

affix_form: -marm-

meaning_definition: bear | carry | bring

example_words_list_1: marginal, marginalia, margrave

example_words_corpus: marms | schoolmarm | schoolmarms | schoolmarmish | schoolmarmishly | schoolmarmishness

categorical_group_list: Action, Transport, Core concept

etymology: Latin -marg-, variant of -merg- 'to bear, carry'


morpheme_key: marmot

morpheme: marmot

morpheme_head: marmot

affix_form: -marmot-

meaning_definition: large ground squirrel

example_words_list_1: ['marmot']

example_words_corpus: marmots

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Mammal

etymology: From French 'marmotte', of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Latin European substrate or Germanic 'marmosette'.


morpheme_key: maroon

morpheme: maroon

morpheme_head: maroon

affix_form: -maroon-

meaning_definition: dark brownish red

example_words_list_1: maroon

example_words_corpus: maroons | marooned | marooner | marooning | marooners | maroonish

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: French marron "chestnut"


morpheme_key: marque

morpheme: marque

morpheme_head: marque

affix_form: -marque-

allomorphs: marquee

meaning_definition: mark | sign | brand

example_words_list_1: marquee, trademark, watermark

example_words_corpus: marques | countermarques

categorical_group_list: Identification, Signage

etymology: Latin marca 'boundary, mark'


morpheme_key: marquess

morpheme: marquess

morpheme_head: marquess

affix_form: -marquess-

meaning_definition: nobleman | rank of nobility

example_words_list_1: marquessate, marchioness

example_words_corpus: marquessates

categorical_group_list: Social Rank, Nobility

etymology: Old French marquis, from Italian marchese, from march (border)


morpheme_key: marquis

morpheme: marquis

morpheme_head: marquis

affix_form: -marquis-

meaning_definition: nobleman | title of nobility

example_words_list_1: marquis, marquess

example_words_corpus: marquisate | marquisdom | marquisates | marquisdoms | marquisship

etymology: Old French 'marquis', from 'march' (borderland)


morpheme_key: marriage

morpheme: marriage

morpheme_head: marriage

affix_form: -marriage-

meaning_definition: union | legal bond | matrimony

categorical_group_list: Social Relation, Legal Concept

etymology: Latin marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married'


morpheme_key: marrow

morpheme: marrow

morpheme_head: marrow

affix_form: -marrow-

meaning_definition: inner substance | soft tissue | essence

example_words_list_1: marrow

example_words_corpus: marrowfats | marrowbones

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Essence, Substance

etymology: Old English mærg


morpheme_key: marry

morpheme: marry

morpheme_head: marry

affix_form: -marry-

meaning_definition: to join in marriage | to unite

example_words_list_1: marriage, married, marrying

example_words_corpus: remarry | unmarry | marryed | marrying | dismarry | mismarry

categorical_group_list: Relation, Union

etymology: Latin marītus 'married' (of a man), from marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married' (of a man), from marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married' (of a man), ultimately from Proto-Italic *marito- 'to marry', from PIE *mer- 'to rub, wear away' (sense development: 'to rub together' -> 'to join' -> 'to marry')


morpheme_key: mars

morpheme: mars

morpheme_head: mars

affix_form: -mars-

meaning_definition: Mars | Roman god of war

example_words_list_1: Martian, martial, martial arts, Marsupial

example_words_corpus: marsling | Marsling | marsquake | marsquakes

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Deity, War, Proper Noun

etymology: Latin Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of war


morpheme_key: marseilles

morpheme: marseilles

morpheme_head: marseilles

affix_form: -marseilles-

meaning_definition: Marseille | city in southern France

example_words_list_1: Marseille

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Greek Massalia, the ancient Greek name for the city of Marseille.


morpheme_key: marsh

morpheme: marsh

morpheme_head: marsh

affix_form: -marsh-

meaning_definition: wetland | swamp | bog

example_words_list_1: marshland, marshy, marshland

categorical_group_list: Nature, Terrain

etymology: Old English 'mersc'


morpheme_key: marshall

morpheme: marshall

morpheme_head: marshall

affix_form: -marshall-

meaning_definition: officer in charge of horses | marshal

example_words_list_1: marshall, marshalling, marshalled

categorical_group_list: Action, Organization, Command

etymology: From Old French 'mareschal', from Frankish 'marhskalk' (horse servant), from 'marh' (horse) + 'skalk' (servant).


morpheme_key: marshmallow

morpheme: marshmallow

morpheme_head: marshmallow

affix_form: -marshmallow-

meaning_definition: sweet | soft | confection

example_words_list_1: marshmallow

categorical_group_list: Food, Sweetness

etymology: Middle English/French 'marsh' + 'mallow' (Althaea officinalis)


morpheme_key: marsupial

morpheme: marsupial

morpheme_head: marsupial

affix_form: -marsupial-

meaning_definition: mammal | pouch-bearing

example_words_list_1: marsupial

categorical_group_list: Biology, Zoology

etymology: Latin 'marsupium' meaning 'pouch' or 'purse', derived from Greek 'marsupion'


morpheme_key: mart

morpheme: mart

morpheme_head: mart

affix_form: -mart-

meaning_definition: Mars | deity associated with warfare | military | related to conflict

example_words_list_1: martial, Martian, martin, Martin

example_words_list_2: martial, Martian, martin, Martin

example_words_corpus: marts | minimart | hypermart | minimarts | supermart | hypermarts

related_morphemes: marc2 / marc

categorical_group_list: Astronomical

etymology: Latin Mars, Mart- 'god of war'


morpheme_key: martens

morpheme: martens

morpheme_head: martens

affix_form: -martens-

meaning_definition: mustelid mammal | weasel-like animal

example_words_list_1: marten, martens

categorical_group_list: Animals, Mammals

etymology: Middle French 'martre'


morpheme_key: martial

morpheme: martial

morpheme_head: martial

affix_form: -martial-

meaning_definition: war | military | armed conflict

example_words_list_1: martial, martialism, martial arts

example_words_corpus: martials | martially | immartial | unmartial | martiality | martialist

categorical_group_list: War, Combat, Military

etymology: Latin 'martialis' (of Mars, the god of war), from 'Mars' (genitive 'Martis')


morpheme_key: martialis

morpheme: martialis

morpheme_head: martialis

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: relating to Mars | the Roman war god

example_words_list_1: martial

example_words_list_2: martial

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: martial

etymology: Latin martialis (adj.) 'of Mars', from Mars, Mart- (gen. Martis) 'Mars'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: martingale

morpheme: martingale

morpheme_head: martingale

affix_form: -martingale-

meaning_definition: a betting strategy | a way of hedging

example_words_list_1: martingale, martingale system

example_words_corpus: martingales | martingaled | submartingale | semimartingale | submartingales | semimartingales

categorical_group_list: Finance, Strategy, Gambling

etymology: French 'martingale' (a trick or cheat)


morpheme_key: martinique

morpheme: martinique

morpheme_head: martinique

affix_form: -martinique-

meaning_definition: Martinique

example_words_list_1: Martinique

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From the Carib word 'Madinina' meaning 'land of flowers', via French.

ancestor_etymon_language: Carib


morpheme_key: martre

morpheme: martre

morpheme_head: martre

affix_form: -martre-

meaning_definition: marten

example_words_list_1: martre, martens, marten

categorical_group_list: Animal, Mammal, Mustelid

etymology: From Old French 'martre', from Latin 'martes' (genitive 'martis'), a type of weasel-like animal.


morpheme_key: marty

morpheme: marty

morpheme_head: marty

affix_form: -marty-

meaning_definition: martyr | one who suffers death for a cause

example_words_list_1: martyr, martyrdom, martyrology, protomartyr

categorical_group_list: Person, Suffering, Religion

etymology: Greek martyros 'witness, one who suffers for a cause'


morpheme_key: martyr

morpheme: martyr

morpheme_head: martyr

affix_form: -martyr-

meaning_definition: one who suffers for a cause | witness

example_words_list_1: martyrdom, martyrize, martyred

example_words_corpus: martyrs | martyred | martyrer | martyrly | martyrdom | martyring

categorical_group_list: Suffering, Witnessing, Religion

etymology: Greek martys 'witness'


morpheme_key: marvel

morpheme: marvel

morpheme_head: marvel

affix_form: -marvel-

meaning_definition: wonder | astonishment | miracle

example_words_list_1: marvelous, marvelling

example_words_corpus: marvels | marveled | marvelous | marvelled | marveling | marveleth

categorical_group_list: Wonder, Perception

etymology: Latin mirari 'to wonder at'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: marx

morpheme: marx

morpheme_head: marx

affix_form: -marx-

meaning_definition: Marxism | Karl Marx | communist theory

example_words_list_1: Marxism, Marxist, Marxian, Marxists

example_words_corpus: Marxianly | antimarxism | Marxologist | Austromarxism

categorical_group_list: Ideology, Political Theory, Proper Noun

etymology: Proper noun derived from the surname of Karl Marx (1818–1883), the German philosopher and economist.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: marzipan

morpheme: marzipan

morpheme_head: marzipan

affix_form: -marzipan-

meaning_definition: sweet almond paste

example_words_list_1: marzipan, marzipan cake, marzipan figure, marzipan pig, marzipan rose

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: Persian 'marzāban' (guardian of the border) + Arabic 'panīr' (cheese), originally referring to a sweet almond paste guarded by the state or sold in markets near borders; later reinterpreted as 'marz' (border) + 'pan' (bread/paste) in folk etymology

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: mas

morpheme: mas

morpheme_head: mas

affix_form: mas-

sense_label: male, man

meaning_definition: male, man

example_words_list_1: emasculate | emasculation | emasculator | masculate | masculine | masculinity

example_words_list_2: emasculate, emasculation, emasculator, masculate, masculine, masculinity

example_words_corpus: Xmas | Xmassy | masman | Shitmas | Giftmas | Christmas

categorical_group_list: Gender, Humanity

etymology: mās, māris, masculus, masculi


morpheme_key: masc

morpheme: masc

morpheme_head: masc

affix_form: masc

allomorphs: masqu

meaning_definition: facial covering | concealment device

example_words_list_1: antimasque, mascara, mask, masque, masquerade unrelated: mascot

categorical_group_list: Covering, Disguise, Identity

etymology: Latin 'mascare' (to mask) or 'masca' (specter, hobgoblin)


morpheme_key: maschal

morpheme: maschal

morpheme_head: maschal

affix_form: maschal-

meaning_definition: armpit

example_words_list_1: maschalismos

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek μάσχλη (maschlē)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: mascot

morpheme: mascot

morpheme_head: mascot

affix_form: -mascot-

meaning_definition: symbol | emblem | representative

example_words_list_1: mascot, mascots

example_words_corpus: mascots | mascotry

categorical_group_list: Representation, Symbolism

etymology: Greek maskot 'maskot' (little dancer), from maskotēs 'dancer'


morpheme_key: mascul

morpheme: mascul

morpheme_head: mascul

affix_form: -mascul-

meaning_definition: relating to males

example_words_list_1: emasculate, masculine

example_words_list_2: emasculate, masculine

categorical_group_list: Gender, Biological sex

etymology: Latin masculus 'male, boy', diminutive of mas 'male'


morpheme_key: mash

morpheme: mash

morpheme_head: mash

affix_form: -mash-

meaning_definition: crush | press | pulverize

example_words_list_1: mash, mashed, mashing

example_words_corpus: mashy | smash | masher | mashed | mashup | mashes

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical transformation

etymology: Middle English mash, from imitative origin


morpheme_key: mask

morpheme: mask

morpheme_head: mask

affix_form: -mask-

meaning_definition: cover | conceal | disguise

example_words_list_1: mask, maskable, unmasked

example_words_corpus: unmask | masker | masked | bemask | immask | demask

categorical_group_list: Concealment, Covering

etymology: Latin 'mascare' (to mask) or 'mappa' (napkin, cloth)


morpheme_key: masoch

morpheme: masoch

morpheme_head: masoch

affix_form: -masoch-

meaning_definition: deriving pleasure from pain or humiliation

example_words_list_1: masochism, masochistic, masochist

categorical_group_list: Psychology, Sensation

etymology: derived from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch


morpheme_key: mason

morpheme: mason

morpheme_head: mason

affix_form: -mason-

meaning_definition: stone worker | builder

example_words_list_1: masonry, freemason

example_words_corpus: masons | masonry | masonic | nonmason | freemason | masonries

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Craft

etymology: Latin 'māso' (to plaster) + '-on' (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: masque

morpheme: masque

morpheme_head: masque

affix_form: -masque-

meaning_definition: mask | disguise | cover

example_words_list_1: masquerade, mask, masquerading

example_words_corpus: masques | masquer | masqued | unmasque | masquers | antimasque

categorical_group_list: Covering, Concealment

etymology: Old French 'masque'

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: masquerade

morpheme: masquerade

morpheme_head: masquerade

affix_form: -masquerade-

meaning_definition: disguise | masquerade | false appearance

example_words_list_1: masquerade, masquerading

example_words_corpus: masquerader | masqueraded | masquerades | masqueraders

categorical_group_list: Deception, Performance

etymology: French 'mascarade' from 'masque'


morpheme_key: mass

morpheme: mass

morpheme_head: mass

affix_form: -mass-

meaning_definition: clump | volume

example_words_list_1: massive, massiveness, massed

example_words_corpus: massy | masser | massed | admass | massic | upmass

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Size, Physicality

etymology: Greek 'masse' (lump, mass) from 'maza' (barley cake)


morpheme_key: massacre

morpheme: massacre

morpheme_head: massacre

affix_form: -massacre-

meaning_definition: massacre | slaughter | killing

example_words_list_1: massacre

example_words_corpus: massacrer | massacres | massacree | massacrers | massacrees | unmassacred

categorical_group_list: Violence, Destruction

etymology: Middle French 'massacre'


morpheme_key: massage

morpheme: massage

morpheme_head: massage

affix_form: -massage-

meaning_definition: to manipulate muscles | to rub | to knead

example_words_list_1: massage, massager, massaging

example_words_corpus: massages | massaged | massager | massagers | remassage | unmassaged

categorical_group_list: Physical action, Tactile

etymology: French massage


morpheme_key: massif

morpheme: massif

morpheme_head: massif

affix_form: -massif-

meaning_definition: large | massive | bulky

example_words_list_1: massive, massiveness

example_words_corpus: massifs

categorical_group_list: Size, Mass, Physicality

etymology: Latin 'massa' meaning 'mass, lump, bulk'


morpheme_key: mast

morpheme: mast

morpheme_head: mast

affix_form: mast-

sense_label: top of a pole

meaning_definition: top of a pole | upper part of a ship's mast

example_words_list_1: masts | masty | master | masted | unmast | demast

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Structural, Topology

etymology: From Old English 'mæst' meaning 'mast, pole', related to Old Norse 'máss'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: master

morpheme: master

morpheme_head: master

affix_form: -master-

meaning_definition: control | expert | commander | teacher

example_words_list_1: masterpiece, mastership, masterless

example_words_corpus: masters | mastered | masterly | remaster | masterer | bemaster

categorical_group_list: Agency, Authority, Skill

etymology: Latin 'magister' (master, teacher, chief), from 'magis' (more)


morpheme_key: mastic

morpheme: mastic

morpheme_head: mastic

affix_form: -mastic-

meaning_definition: to chew | grinding

example_words_list_1: masticate, mastication

example_words_corpus: mastics | masticin

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical process

etymology: Greek mastikos 'chewing gum' from masto 'chew'


morpheme_key: mastix

morpheme: mastix

morpheme_head: mastix

affix_form: -mastix

meaning_definition: resin | gum | adhesive

example_words_list_1: mastic, masticate, mastication

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Greek mastikē "gum" (from mastichos)


morpheme_key: masto

morpheme: masto

morpheme_head: masto

affix_form: masto-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: breast

example_words_list_1: mastectomy | mastitis | mastocyte

example_words_list_2: mastectomy | mastitis | mastocyte

example_words_corpus: mastopexy | mastology | mastodynia | mastopexies | mastoplasia | mastologist

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

ancestor_etymon: μαστός  OED

etymology: Greek mastos 'breast'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: mastodon

morpheme: mastodon

morpheme_head: mastodon

affix_form: -mastodon-

meaning_definition: extinct proboscidean | large prehistoric mammal

example_words_list_1: mastodon

example_words_corpus: mastodons | mastodonic

categorical_group_list: Animals, Prehistory

etymology: Greek mastodon 'tusk' (mastos 'breast' + odous 'tooth')


morpheme_key: mastoid

morpheme: mastoid

morpheme_head: mastoid

affix_form: -mastoid-

meaning_definition: mastoid-shaped | protrusion-like

example_words_list_1: mastoid process, mastoiditis

example_words_corpus: mastoids | mastoidal | bimastoid | otomastoid | paramastoid | postmastoid

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy

etymology: Greek mastoeides 'breast-shaped', from mastos 'breast' + eidos 'form, shape'


morpheme_key: masturbate

morpheme: masturbate

morpheme_head: masturbate

affix_form: masturbate

meaning_definition: To engage in self-stimulation for sexual pleasure, typically using one's hands or objects | To perform the act of sexual gratification through self-touch | To achieve sexual climax through self-manipulation

example_words_list_1: masturbated | masturbates | masturbater | masturbaters

etymology: From Latin 'masturbare', combining 'manus' (hand) and 'turbare' (to agitate)


morpheme_key: mat

morpheme: mat

morpheme_head: mat

affix_form: -mat-

sense_label: the will, willing

meaning_definition: the faculty of volition | the state of being willing

example_words_list_1: automat, automatic, automation, automaton

example_words_corpus: mats | matty | demat | matted | matting | doormat

categorical_group_list: Agency, Motion

etymology: Greek automatos 'acting of one's own will', from autos 'self' + -mat- (from manos 'mad, frenzied' or related to motion/will)


morpheme_key: match

morpheme: match

morpheme_head: match

affix_form: -match-

meaning_definition: to correspond | to equal | to pair

example_words_list_1: match, mismatch, matchmaking, unmatched

example_words_corpus: matchy | rematch | matched | matches | matchup | unmatch

categorical_group_list: Correspondence, Equality, Connection

etymology: Old French 'match' (diminutive of 'mache', meaning 'stick' or 'log', from Vulgar Latin *matuca'


morpheme_key: mate

morpheme: mate

morpheme_head: mate

affix_form: -mate-

meaning_definition: companion | partner | peer

example_words_list_1: mater | mates | matey | amate | mated | remate

categorical_group_list: Social relation, Companionship

etymology: Old English mæge 'relative, kinsman'


morpheme_key: mater

morpheme: mater

morpheme_head: mater

affix_form: mater-

sense_label: mother

meaning_definition: female parent | uterus | surrounding material

example_words_list_1: maternal | maternity | matriarch | matrilineal | matrimony | matron | maternal (of mother) | maternity (motherhood)

example_words_corpus: maters

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Origin, Biological

etymology: mater | matris | Greek manthanein : to learn (stem math-) --> manthēma : what is learned

source: http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Wikidata


morpheme_key: material

morpheme: material

morpheme_head: material

affix_form: -material-

meaning_definition: matter | substance | physical stuff

example_words_list_1: materialism, immaterial, materialism

categorical_group_list: Substance, Physicality

etymology: Latin 'materia' meaning 'wood, timber, source material'


morpheme_key: materiel

morpheme: materiel

morpheme_head: materiel

affix_form: -materiel-

meaning_definition: matter | substance | material

example_words_list_1: material, immaterial, materialism

etymology: Latin materia 'wood, timber, material'


morpheme_key: materno

morpheme: materno

morpheme_head: materno

affix_form: materno-

allomorphs: matern

meaning_definition: mother | maternal

example_words_list_1: maternofetal | maternotoxic | maternotoxicity | maternoplacental

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Biological

etymology: Latin 'maternus' (of a mother), from 'mater' (mother)


morpheme_key: math

morpheme: math

morpheme_head: math

affix_form: -math-

meaning_definition: to acquire knowledge | to gain understanding

example_words_list_1: chrestomathy, mathematician, mathematics, polymath

example_words_corpus: maths | mathy | mathsy | mathcore | aftermath | mathletic

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Knowledge

etymology: Greek math- "learning, study"


morpheme_key: mathematic

morpheme: mathematic

morpheme_head: mathematic

affix_form: -mathematic-

meaning_definition: learning | knowledge | study

example_words_list_1: mathematical, mathematician

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Science, Logic

etymology: Greek mathema 'that which is learned'


morpheme_key: mathematics

morpheme: mathematics

morpheme_head: mathematics

affix_form: -mathematics-

meaning_definition: study of numbers | logic | structure

etymology: Greek mathema "that which is learned"


morpheme_key: maths

morpheme: maths

morpheme_head: maths

affix_form: -maths-

meaning_definition: mathematics | calculation | number

etymology: Greek mathēma "that which is learned"


morpheme_key: matin

morpheme: matin

morpheme_head: matin

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: early part of the day | hours of daylight

example_words_list_1: matinal, matinée, matins

example_words_list_2: matinal, matinée, matins

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal

etymology: Latin 'mane' (genitive 'matinis') meaning 'morning'


morpheme_key: matri

morpheme: matri

morpheme_head: matr

affix_form: matri-

allomorphs: matri

meaning_definition: female parent | uterus | encircling matter | maternal kinship | female parent(s) | adult females

example_words_list_1: maternal | maternity | matriarch | matrilineal | matrimony | matron | matriculation | matrimonial | matriarchy | matricide

example_words_corpus: matriarch | matricide | matrimony | matriline | matriclan | matristic

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Femininity, Origin

ancestor_etymon: mātr-  OED | mater

etymology: From Latin 'māter' (mother) via the stem 'mātr-'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

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


morpheme_key: matrices

morpheme: matrices

morpheme_head: matrices

affix_form: -matrices-

meaning_definition: womb | source | origin

example_words_list_1: matrix, matriculate, matricide

categorical_group_list: Origin, Creation, Foundation

etymology: Latin 'mater' (mother) + '-ix' (feminine agent suffix)


morpheme_key: matriculate

morpheme: matriculate

morpheme_head: matriculate

affix_form: -matriculate-

meaning_definition: to enroll | to enter | to register

example_words_list_1: matriculation, matriculated

categorical_group_list: Enrollment, Education, Registration

etymology: Latin matricula 'register, list of students', diminutive of mater 'mother' (originally 'mother roll' or 'list of dependents')


morpheme_key: matrix

morpheme: matrix

morpheme_head: matrix

affix_form: -matrix-

meaning_definition: womb | source | origin | environment

example_words_list_1: matrix, matriculate, matriarchy

example_words_corpus: matrixes | bimatrix | comatrix | matrixed | Matrixism | submatrix

categorical_group_list: Origin, Environment, Structure

etymology: Latin 'matrix' (gen. 'matricis') meaning 'womb, source, origin', derived from 'mater' (mother)


morpheme_key: matron

morpheme: matron

morpheme_head: matron

affix_form: -matron-

meaning_definition: mother | female head | protector

example_words_list_1: matronly, matronage

example_words_corpus: matrons | matronly | matronal | matronage | matronize | matronism

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Social Status, Femininity

etymology: Latin matrona 'married woman, matron', from mater 'mother' + -trona (feminine suffix)


morpheme_key: matt

morpheme: matt

morpheme_head: matt

affix_form: -matt-

meaning_definition: matted | entangled | tangled

example_words_list_1: matted, mattress, matting

example_words_corpus: mattify | mattifier | mattifiers

categorical_group_list: Texture, State, Material

etymology: From the verb 'mat' (to form a matted mass) + '-t' (past tense marker), reanalyzed as a bound root in compounds like 'mattress' or 'matted'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: matter

morpheme: matter

morpheme_head: matter

affix_form: -matter-

meaning_definition: substance | physical substance | material

example_words_list_1: immaterial, antimatter, mattering

example_words_corpus: matters | mattery | mattered | bymatter | mattering | mattereth

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Substance


morpheme_key: matthew

morpheme: matthew

morpheme_head: matthew

affix_form: -matthew-

meaning_definition: gift of Yahweh

example_words_list_1: Matthew, Matilda, Matthias, Matthewson

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Anthroponym

etymology: Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'


morpheme_key: mattress

morpheme: mattress

morpheme_head: mattress

affix_form: -mattress-

meaning_definition: mattress | bed | bedding

example_words_list_1: mattress

example_words_corpus: mattressy | mattresses | mattressed | mattresslike

categorical_group_list: Object, Furniture

etymology: Middle French 'matelas'


morpheme_key: mature

morpheme: mature

morpheme_head: mature

affix_form: -mature-

meaning_definition: grown | ripe | developed

example_words_list_1: maturity, immature, maturation

example_words_corpus: matured | matures | maturely | matureth | premature | nonmature

categorical_group_list: Development, Time, State

etymology: Latin 'maturus' (ripe, early) of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'mas' (man, male) implying prime of life.


morpheme_key: maudlin

morpheme: maudlin

morpheme_head: maudlin

affix_form: -maudlin-

meaning_definition: tearfully | sentimental | self-pitying

example_words_list_1: maudlin, maudliness

example_words_corpus: maudlins | maudlinly | maudlinism | maudlinisms | maudlinwort | maudlinness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sentiment

etymology: Middle French maudlin (referring to Mary Magdalene)


morpheme_key: maul

morpheme: maul

morpheme_head: maul

affix_form: -maul-

meaning_definition: to wound | to beat | to handle roughly

example_words_list_1: maul

example_words_corpus: mauls | mauled | mauler | bemaul | mauling | maulers

categorical_group_list: Violence, Physical action

etymology: Middle English maulen, from Old French mauler


morpheme_key: mauve

morpheme: mauve

morpheme_head: mauve

affix_form: -mauve-

meaning_definition: pale purple | violet

example_words_list_1: mauve

example_words_corpus: mauves | mauvely | mauveine | mauveines | mauveness | mauvelous

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: French mauve (derived from the mallow flower)


morpheme_key: maw

morpheme: maw

morpheme_head: maw

affix_form: -maw-

meaning_definition: mouth | jaws | opening

example_words_list_1: maw, mawkish

example_words_corpus: maws | mawed | grandmaw | grandmaws

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Consumption

etymology: Old English 'maga' (jaw, mouth)


morpheme_key: maxi

morpheme: maxi

morpheme_head: maxi

affix_form: maxi-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: utmost | peak | extremely large | exceptionally lengthy | maximum | considerable in size

example_words_list_1: maximal | maxi-endowment | maxidress | maxi-skirt | maximum | maxim | submaximal | maxiskirt

example_words_corpus: maxipad | maxicoat | maxicoats | maxiskirt | maxiskirts | maxicircle

categorical_group_list: Attribute intensifier | scale

ancestor_etymon: max | maximum  OED

etymology: Latin maximus 'greatest', superlative of magnus 'large'

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


morpheme_key: maxill

morpheme: maxill

morpheme_head: maxill

affix_form: maxill-

allomorphs: maxillo

meaning_definition: mouth part | upper mouth section

example_words_list_1: maxilla, maxillary, maxilliped, maxillofacial

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin maxilla 'jawbone'


morpheme_key: maxim

morpheme: maxim

morpheme_head: maxim

affix_form: maxim-

sense_label: biggest

meaning_definition: maximum | most expansive | utmost | substantial

example_words_list_1: maxim | maximal | maximum | submaximal | maxiskirt | Maximilian | maximize | maximum Variant Spellings: Maxine | Maxine

example_words_corpus: maxims | submaxim | supermaxim | supermaxims

related_morphemes: superlative of magn / magn / : compare minim / minim

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | scale | Anomalous form

etymology: Latin maximus, superlative of magnus 'great'

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: maximilian

morpheme: maximilian

morpheme_head: maximilian

affix_form: -maximilian-

meaning_definition: maximizing | greatest | largest

example_words_list_1: maximize, maximum, maximal, maxim

categorical_group_list: Superlative, Size, Magnitude

etymology: Latin maximus (superlative of magnus 'great')


morpheme_key: may

morpheme: may

morpheme_head: may

affix_form: -may-

allomorphs: mayo

meaning_definition: power | ability | permission

example_words_list_1: may, maybe, mayhap

example_words_corpus: mays | maybe | mayfly | maybes | maying | formay

categorical_group_list: Ability, Permission, Modality

etymology: Old French 'maier' (to be able), from Frankish '*magan'


morpheme_key: mayer

morpheme: mayer

morpheme_head: mayer

affix_form: -mayer-

meaning_definition: mayor | leader | ruler

example_words_list_1: mayor, mayoral, mayoralty, mayoress

categorical_group_list: Authority, Hierarchy, Size

etymology: Latin maior 'greater, elder', from magnus 'great'


morpheme_key: mayhem

morpheme: mayhem

morpheme_head: mayhem

affix_form: -mayhem-

meaning_definition: chaos | disorder | confusion

example_words_list_1: mayhem, mayhemous

example_words_corpus: mayhemic

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Disorder

etymology: Greek khaos "void, abyss"


morpheme_key: mayonnaise

morpheme: mayonnaise

morpheme_head: mayonnaise

affix_form: -mayonnaise-

meaning_definition: thick creamy sauce made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar or lemon juice

example_words_list_1: mayonnaise-based, vegan mayonnaise, spicy mayonnaise

example_words_corpus: mayonnaisey | mayonnaises | mayonnaiselike

categorical_group_list: Food, Condiment

etymology: from French mayonnaise, possibly from French moyen (middle) referring to the mixing process, or from the town Mahón in Menorca


morpheme_key: mayor

morpheme: mayor

morpheme_head: mayor

affix_form: -mayor-

meaning_definition: elder | older | senior

example_words_list_1: mayor, mayoral, mayoralty, mayoralship

example_words_corpus: mayors | mayoral | mayorly | mayoress | mayordom | mayorial

categorical_group_list: Leadership, Governance

etymology: Latin maior (comparative of magnus 'great')


morpheme_key: mazd

morpheme: mazd

morpheme_head: mazd

affix_form: mazd-

meaning_definition: sapient | discerning | judicious

example_words_list_1: Ahura Mazda, Mazdaism, Ormazd

example_words_list_2: Ahura Mazda, Mazdaism, Ormazd

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Divinity

etymology: Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazd- "wise"

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Iranian


morpheme_key: maze

morpheme: maze

morpheme_head: maze

affix_form: -maze-

meaning_definition: labyrinth | complex network | confusing path

example_words_list_1: maze

example_words_corpus: amaze | mazes | amazes | bemaze | amazeth | mazeful

categorical_group_list: Complexity, Spatial, Confusion

etymology: Greek labyrinthos


morpheme_key: mazurka

morpheme: mazurka

morpheme_head: mazurka

affix_form: -mazurka-

meaning_definition: a lively Polish folk dance in triple time

example_words_list_1: mazurka

categorical_group_list: Dance, Music

etymology: from Mazovia, a region in Poland

ancestor_etymon_language: Polish


morpheme_key: me

morpheme: me

morpheme_head: me

affix_form: -me-

meaning_definition: outcome from | consequence of

example_words_list_1: dogma | theorem | theme

example_words_list_2: dogma, theorem, theme

example_words_corpus: med | mes | meds | meism | readme | meself

categorical_group_list: Result, Outcome

ancestor_etymon: em

etymology: Greek -ma (resultative suffix)


morpheme_key: mea

morpheme: mea

morpheme_head: mea

affix_form: -mea-

meaning_definition: to move through

example_words_list_1: impermeable, meatus, permeate

example_words_list_2: impermeable, meatus, permeate

example_words_corpus: meas

categorical_group_list: Movement, Transition

etymology: Latin 'meare' meaning 'to go, walk, pass through'


morpheme_key: mead

morpheme: mead

morpheme_head: mead

affix_form: -mead-

meaning_definition: fermented honey drink | mead

example_words_list_1: mead

example_words_corpus: meads | meady | meaded | meadery | meadwort | meadlike

categorical_group_list: Food & Drink, Substance

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu 'honey, mead'


morpheme_key: meadow

morpheme: meadow

morpheme_head: meadow

affix_form: -meadow-

meaning_definition: grassy field | pasture

example_words_list_1: meadowland, meadowsweet

example_words_corpus: meadows | meadowy | meadowed | meadowrue | meadowlark | meadowhawk

categorical_group_list: Nature, Landscape

etymology: Old English mædwe


morpheme_key: meager

morpheme: meager

morpheme_head: meager

affix_form: -meager-

meaning_definition: lacking | deficient | scanty

example_words_list_1: ['meager']

example_words_corpus: meagers | meagerly | meagerness | meagernesses

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Deficiency

etymology: Old French maigre 'lean, thin'


morpheme_key: meagre

morpheme: meagre

morpheme_head: meagre

affix_form: -meagre-

meaning_definition: lacking | thin | scanty | insufficient

example_words_list_1: meagre

example_words_corpus: meagres | meagred | meagrely | meagreness | meagrenesses

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Size, Deficiency


morpheme_key: meal

morpheme: meal

morpheme_head: meal

affix_form: -meal-

meaning_definition: coarse, compacted feed derived from {prev} | milled grain product

example_words_list_1: fishmeal | meal (milled grain) | mealy | oatmeal unrelated: meal (food served and eaten)

example_words_corpus: meals | mealy | mealer | midmeal | ryemeal | mealman

related_morphemes: mol2 / mol

categorical_group_list: Grouper

ancestor_etymon: meal

etymology: Greek mēkos : length

source: Logan | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: mean

morpheme: mean

morpheme_head: mean

affix_form: -mean-

meaning_definition: drive, threaten

example_words_list_1: demeanor, misdemeanor

example_words_list_2: demeanor, misdemeanor

example_words_corpus: means | meany | demean | meanie | meanly | meaned

categorical_group_list: Motion, Behavior, Conduct

etymology: Latin -men- (stem of -men-, -min-) from PIE *men- 'to think'


morpheme_key: meander

morpheme: meander

morpheme_head: meander

affix_form: -meander-

meaning_definition: wander | curve | twist

example_words_list_1: meandering

example_words_corpus: meanders | meandered | meanderer | meandering | meanderers | meandereth

categorical_group_list: Movement, Path

etymology: from Maiandros, a river in Caria


morpheme_key: means

morpheme: means

morpheme_head: means

affix_form: -means-

meaning_definition: to signify | to indicate | to be a sign of

example_words_list_1: meaningful, meaningless, meaninglessless, signification, signify

categorical_group_list: Communication, Semantics, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'significare' (to signify), from 'signum' (sign) + 'facere' (to make)


morpheme_key: measles

morpheme: measles

morpheme_head: measles

affix_form: -measles-

meaning_definition: a contagious viral disease characterized by fever and a distinctive skin rash

example_words_list_1: measles

example_words_corpus: measleslike | antimeasles | postmeasles

categorical_group_list: Disease, Pathology

etymology: Middle English 'measles', related to 'measure' (in the sense of a mark or amount)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: measure

morpheme: measure

morpheme_head: measure

affix_form: -measure-

meaning_definition: to calculate | to determine size or amount | to evaluate

example_words_list_1: measurable, measurement, immeasurable

example_words_corpus: measured | measures | measurer | remeasure | measurers | measureth

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Evaluation, Dimension

etymology: Latin mensura 'a measuring', from metiri 'to measure'


morpheme_key: meat

morpheme: meat

morpheme_head: meat

affix_form: -meat-

meaning_definition: flesh | animal tissue

example_words_list_1: meathead, meatloaf, meatball, meaty, meatless

example_words_corpus: meats | meaty | meated | inmeat | nutmeat | catmeat

categorical_group_list: Food, Biology

etymology: Old English mēat 'food, nourishment, flesh'