morpheme_key: create

morpheme: create

morpheme_head: create

affix_form: -create-

allomorphs: creat

meaning_definition: make | produce | bring into existence

example_words_list_1: creation, creature, recreate, creativity

example_words_corpus: created | creates | recreate | uncreate | cocreate | increate

categorical_group_list: Action, Genesis, Production

etymology: Latin 'creāre' meaning 'to make, produce, bring into existence'


morpheme_key: creature

morpheme: creature

morpheme_head: creature

affix_form: -creature-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: a being that is created | a living being | an entity

example_words_list_1: creature, uncreature

example_words_corpus: creatures | creaturely | creaturedom | mercreature | werecreature | creatureless

categorical_group_list: Life, Entity

etymology: Latin creatura 'a creation, thing created', from creatus, past participle of creare 'to produce, bring forth'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: cred

morpheme: cred

morpheme_head: cred

affix_form: cred-

allomorphs: credo

sense_label: believe

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: accept as true | trust in | hold as a belief | place confidence in

example_words_list_1: accreditation | credence | credentials | credibility | credible | credit | creditor | credo | credulity | credulous | creed | discredit | incredible | incredulous | miscreant | recreant | accredit | credenza | incredible Variant Spellings: creed

related_morphemes: creant / creant

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: cred

etymology: Latin 'credere' meaning 'to believe, trust'

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

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: credential

morpheme: credential

morpheme_head: credential

affix_form: -credential-

meaning_definition: belief | trust | recognition

example_words_list_1: incredible, credible, discredit

example_words_corpus: credentials | credentialism | credentialization

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Trust


morpheme_key: credit

morpheme: credit

morpheme_head: credit

affix_form: -credit-

meaning_definition: accept as true | rely on

example_words_list_1: credit

example_words_list_2: credit

example_words_corpus: credits | creditor | credited | uncredit | recredit | creditee

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin 'credere' 'to believe, trust'


morpheme_key: credulity

morpheme: credulity

morpheme_head: credulity

affix_form: -credulity-

meaning_definition: belief | trust | gullibility

example_words_list_1: incredible, credit, credible, credulous

example_words_corpus: miscredulity | overcredulity

etymology: Latin 'credulitas', from 'credulus' (believing, trusting), derived from 'credere' (to believe, trust)


morpheme_key: creed

morpheme: creed

morpheme_head: creed

affix_form: -creed-

meaning_definition: belief | doctrine | principle

example_words_list_1: creed, creedal

example_words_corpus: creeds | creeded | creedal | miscreed | creedless | miscreeds

categorical_group_list: Belief, Ideology

etymology: Latin 'credo' meaning 'I believe', from 'com-' (together) + 'credere' (to trust, believe)


morpheme_key: creek

morpheme: creek

morpheme_head: creek

affix_form: -creek-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: small stream | rivulet

example_words_list_1: creekside, creekbed

example_words_corpus: creeks | creeky | upcreek | creeker | creekbed | creekers

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: Middle English 'creke', related to Old English 'cryce'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: creel

morpheme: creel

morpheme_head: creel

affix_form: -creel-

meaning_definition: wicker basket

example_words_list_1: creel

example_words_corpus: creels | creeler | creelman | creelers

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Middle English creel


morpheme_key: creep

morpheme: creep

morpheme_head: creep

affix_form: -creep-

meaning_definition: to move slowly | to move stealthily | to spread gradually

example_words_list_1: creeping, creeper, creepiness

example_words_corpus: creepy | creeps | creepo | creeper | creeped | becreep

categorical_group_list: Motion, Stealth, Growth

etymology: Middle English crepen, from Old English crīpian

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: creet

morpheme: creet

morpheme_head: creet

affix_form: -cret-

meaning_definition: grow, rise, increase, multiply, reproduce

example_words_list_1: increase, decrease, accretion, concrete, secrete, cretaceous

categorical_group_list: Growth, Expansion, Multiplication

etymology: Latin cretus, past participle of crescere 'to grow, rise'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: crem

morpheme: crem

morpheme_head: crem

affix_form: -crem-

sense_label: to grow

meaning_definition: to increase in size | to develop | to expand

example_words_list_1: decrement, increment

example_words_list_2: decrement, increment

example_words_corpus: crems

related_morphemes: cres / cres, cret1 / cret, cru / cru

categorical_group_list: Growth, Change, Motion

etymology: Latin crem- (stem of cremare) 'to burn'

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: cremate

morpheme: cremate

morpheme_head: cremate

affix_form: -cremate-

meaning_definition: to burn | to destroy by burning

example_words_list_1: cremation, crematorium

example_words_corpus: cremated | cremates | incremate | uncremated | incremated | incremates

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Fire

etymology: Latin cremāre "to burn, to destroy by burning"


morpheme_key: crement

morpheme: crement

morpheme_head: crement

affix_form: -crement-

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: growth | increase

example_words_list_1: increment, decrement

categorical_group_list: Growth, Increase

etymology: Latin -crementum, noun of result from crescere 'to grow'


morpheme_key: cren

morpheme: cren

morpheme_head: cren

affix_form: -cren-

meaning_definition: indentation | furrow

example_words_list_1: crenate, crenature, crenel, crenellate, crenulate

categorical_group_list: Shape, Texture

etymology: Latin crena 'notch, crevice'


morpheme_key: creosote

morpheme: creosote

morpheme_head: creosote

affix_form: -creosote-

meaning_definition: a resinous substance | a type of shrub

example_words_list_1: creosote

example_words_corpus: creosotes | creosoted | creosotelike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance

etymology: Greek kreasote (resin-like)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific


morpheme_key: crepe

morpheme: crepe

morpheme_head: crep

affix_form: -crepe-

allomorphs: crepe

meaning_definition: thin | flat | wrinkled

example_words_list_1: crepe, creped

example_words_corpus: crepes | crepey | creped | crepelike | crepehanger | crepehangers

categorical_group_list: Texture, Shape

etymology: French 'crêpe' from 'crêper' 'to curl'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: crepid

morpheme: crepid

morpheme_head: crepid

affix_form: crepid-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: boot | shoe

example_words_list_1: crepidoma

example_words_list_2: crepidoma

categorical_group_list: Footwear, Anatomy

etymology: κρηπίς | κρηπίδος (krēpís | krēpídos) | κρηπίδιον | κρηπίδωμα


morpheme_key: crept

morpheme: crept

morpheme_head: crept

affix_form: -crept-

meaning_definition: moved slowly | moved stealthily

example_words_list_1: creep, creeping, crept

categorical_group_list: Motion, Stealth

etymology: Old English crēopan 'to creep'


morpheme_key: cres

morpheme: cres

morpheme_head: cres

affix_form: cres-

meaning_definition: slow rise in volume | slow drop in volume | to expand

example_words_list_1: crescendo | descrescendo | concrescence | crescent | decrease | decrescendo | decrescent | increase | increscent

related_morphemes: crem1 / crem, cret1 / cret, cru / cru

categorical_group_list: Growth, Magnitude, Motion

etymology: Latin 'crescere' 'to grow'


morpheme_key: cresc

morpheme: cresc

morpheme_head: cresc

affix_form: cresc-

meaning_definition: expand | elevate | augment

example_words_list_1: accresce | accrescence | accrescent | accrete | accretion | accrue | concrete | crescendo | crescent | crew | decrease | increase | recruit | recruitment | surcrew

ancestor_etymon: cresc

etymology: crescere


morpheme_key: crescendo

morpheme: crescendo

morpheme_head: crescendo

affix_form: -crescendo-

meaning_definition: gradual increase | growing | swelling

example_words_list_1: crescendo, decrescendo, crescendoed, crescendoing

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Motion, Sound

etymology: Italian 'crescendo', from 'crescere' 'to grow'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: crescent

morpheme: crescent

morpheme_head: crescent

affix_form: -crescent-

meaning_definition: curved | moon-shaped | increasing

example_words_list_1: crescent, crescentic

example_words_corpus: crescents | crescentic | crescentwise | bicrescentic | equicrescent | crescentspot

categorical_group_list: Shape, Growth, Celestial

etymology: Latin 'crescens', present participle of 'crescere' meaning 'to grow'


morpheme_key: cress

morpheme: cress

morpheme_head: cress

affix_form: -cress-

meaning_definition: watercress | leafy green | aquatic plant

example_words_list_1: watercress

example_words_corpus: cressy | cresslike | watercress | pennycress | bittercress | yellowcress

categorical_group_list: Botany, Food

etymology: Old French cresse, from Latin crassus 'thick, dense'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: crest

morpheme: crest

morpheme_head: crest

affix_form: -crest-

meaning_definition: top | peak | tuft | emblem

example_words_list_1: crest, crestfallen, crestless

example_words_corpus: crests | crested | crestie | increst | crestal | cresting

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Heraldry, Topography

etymology: Latin 'crista' meaning 'tuft, crest, plume'


morpheme_key: cret

morpheme: cret

morpheme_head: cret

affix_form: cret-

sense_label: grow

meaning_definition: develop | ascend | expand | proliferate | reproduce | develop

example_words_list_1: increase | decrease | accretion | concrete | secrete | cretaceous | accrete | concretion | increment

related_morphemes: crem1 / crem, cres / cres, cru / cru

categorical_group_list: Growth, Increase, Multiplication

etymology: Latin 'crescere' meaning 'to grow'


morpheme_key: cretaceous

morpheme: cretaceous

morpheme_head: cretaceous

affix_form: -cretaceous-

meaning_definition: chalk | chalky

example_words_list_1: cretaceous

example_words_corpus: cretaceously | supercretaceous | supracretaceous

categorical_group_list: Geology, Time period

etymology: Latin creta 'chalk'


morpheme_key: cretin

morpheme: cretin

morpheme_head: cretin

affix_form: -cretin-

meaning_definition: idiot | fool | simpleton

example_words_list_1: cretin

example_words_corpus: cretins | cretinism | cretinous | cretinize | cretinoid | cretinized

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Insult

etymology: French 'crétin' (originally referring to a person with a specific thyroid deficiency)

etymological_family: French

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: crew

morpheme: crew

morpheme_head: crew

affix_form: -crew-

meaning_definition: group of people associated with a specific activity, profession, or interest

example_words_list_1: crew, crewmate, crewless, crewed

example_words_corpus: crews | crewed | crewer | recrew | aircrew | crewman

categorical_group_list: Social Group, Collective Noun

etymology: From Latin 'creta' meaning 'clay' or 'chalk', referring to groups formed by marking or gathering, later evolving to mean a group of people.


morpheme_key: crewel

morpheme: crewel

morpheme_head: crewel

affix_form: -crewel-

meaning_definition: cruel | harsh | severe

example_words_list_1: cruelty, cruel, crueler, cruelless

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Quality, Malice

etymology: Old French cruel, from Latin crudelis 'cruel, bloody', from crudus 'raw, bloody'


morpheme_key: cri

morpheme: cri

morpheme_head: cri

affix_form: -cri-

meaning_definition: separate

example_words_list_1: critique | criticize

example_words_list_2: critique | criticize

categorical_group_list: Separation, Judgment, Evaluation

ancestor_etymon: cri

etymology: Greek krinein "to separate, decide"


morpheme_key: crib

morpheme: crib

morpheme_head: crib

affix_form: -crib-

meaning_definition: small bed | enclosure

example_words_list_1: crib

example_words_corpus: cribbed | cribber | cribbing | cribbers | criblike | cribless

categorical_group_list: Container, Shelter

etymology: Middle English 'crib', likely from Old English 'crīb' (manger/trough)


morpheme_key: cribr

morpheme: cribr

morpheme_head: cribr

affix_form: cribr-

sense_label: sieve

meaning_definition: sieve

example_words_list_1: cribble, cribellate, cribellum, cribrate, cribriform, garble

categorical_group_list: Sieving, Perforation, Texture

etymology: cribrum, cribrare


morpheme_key: cric

morpheme: cric

morpheme_head: cric

affix_form: cric-

meaning_definition: ring

example_words_list_1: cricoid | cricoidectomy | Cricosaurus | cricothyroid | cricothyrotomy | cricotomy

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy

etymology: κρίκος (kríkos) | κρικοειδής (krikoeidḗs)


morpheme_key: crick

morpheme: crick

morpheme_head: crick

affix_form: -crick-

meaning_definition: a sudden twist | a spasm | a sharp pain

example_words_list_1: crick, cricket

example_words_corpus: cricks | cricked | uncrick | cricking | uncricks

categorical_group_list: Physical sensation, Motion

etymology: Middle English crick (a twist, a spasm)


morpheme_key: cricket

morpheme: cricket

morpheme_head: cricket

affix_form: -cricket-

meaning_definition: an insect | a sport

example_words_list_1: cricket

example_words_corpus: crickets | crickety | cricketer | cricketed | cricketly | cricketers

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Sport

etymology: Middle English 'cricket', possibly related to Old French 'criquet'

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: crim

morpheme: crim

morpheme_head: crim

affix_form: -crim-

meaning_definition: allegation | legal charge

example_words_list_1: incriminate, criminology

example_words_list_2: incriminate, criminology

example_words_corpus: crims

categorical_group_list: Legal, Accusation

ancestor_etymon: crim

etymology: Latin crimen 'charge, offense'


morpheme_key: crimea

morpheme: crimea

morpheme_head: crimea

affix_form: crimea

meaning_definition: A peninsula in southern Ukraine connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Perekop, situated between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov | A geographical region in eastern Europe | A historically contested area with diverse cultural influences

example_words_list_1: Crimean

example_words_corpus: Crimean

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: crimin

morpheme: crimin

morpheme_head: crimin

affix_form: crimin-

sense_label: crime

meaning_definition: offense | allegation | claim

example_words_list_1: criminal, criminology, criminologist

example_words_list_2: criminal | decriminalization | discriminable | discriminate | discriminating | discrimination | discriminative | incrimination | incriminatory | indiscriminate | indiscriminately | indiscriminating | criminology | decriminalize | incriminate | recrimination Variant Spellings: crime | crime

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin crīminis, gen of crīmen : accusation, charge, the crime with which a person is charged

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: crimp

morpheme: crimp

morpheme_head: crimp

affix_form: -crimp-

meaning_definition: to press | to wrinkle | to fold

example_words_list_1: crimped, crimping, crimper

example_words_corpus: crimps | crimpy | crimper | crimped | crimple | crimping

categorical_group_list: Action, Texture, Physical deformation

etymology: From Old French 'escrempe' or 'escremper', meaning to strip or strip off, possibly of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: crimplene

morpheme: crimplene

morpheme_head: crimplene

affix_form: -crimplene-

meaning_definition: synthetic fabric | crimped polyester

example_words_list_1: crimplene

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: Portmanteau of "crimped" and "polyester"

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: crimson

morpheme: crimson

morpheme_head: crimson

affix_form: -crimson-

meaning_definition: deep red | dark red

example_words_list_1: crimson

example_words_corpus: crimsons | encrimson | crimsoned | crimsonly | encrimsons | crimsoning

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual

etymology: Latin 'crimsonus' (late), from 'cramoisie' (Old French), from Arabic 'qirmiz' (kermes dye)


morpheme_key: crin

morpheme: crin

morpheme_head: crin

affix_form: -crin-

sense_label: hair

meaning_definition: natural filament | fibrous growth

example_words_list_1: crinite, crinoline

example_words_list_2: crinite, crinoline

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin crinis 'hair'


sense_label: lily

meaning_definition: a type of flower

example_words_list_1: crinoid, Crinoidea, crinum, encrinite

example_words_list_2: crinoid, Crinoidea, crinum, encrinite

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Greek krinon : lily


morpheme_key: crine

morpheme: crine

morpheme_head: crine

affix_form: -crine

allomorphs: crin

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: separate | divide | discern | secrete | to secrete

example_words_list_1: apocrine | eccrine | endocrine | exocrine | heterocrine | holocrine | merocrine | neuroendocrine | quinacrine

example_words_corpus: crined | paracrine | juxtaparacrine | neuroparacrine

categorical_group_list: Separation, Secretion, Biology

etymology: Greek κρίνω (krínō), separate, divide, discern


morpheme_key: cringe

morpheme: cringe

morpheme_head: cringe

affix_form: -cringe-

meaning_definition: to feel | to recoil | to shrink | awkwardness

example_words_list_1: cringe, cringey, cringeworthy

example_words_corpus: cringes | cringer | cringed | cringers | cringeth | cringest

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Physical reaction, Discomfort

etymology: Middle English 'cringen' (to bend, yield, or shrink)


morpheme_key: crinkle

morpheme: crinkle

morpheme_head: crinkle

affix_form: -crinkle-

meaning_definition: to make or become crinkled | to produce a soft, crackling sound

example_words_list_1: crinkled, crinkling, crinkliness

example_words_corpus: crinkled | crinkles | uncrinkle | uncrinkles | uncrinkled | crinkleroot

categorical_group_list: Texture, Sound, Motion

etymology: From Old English 'crincle' or 'crincian', meaning to bend or fold, of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: crises

morpheme: crises

morpheme_head: crises

affix_form: -crises-

meaning_definition: turning point | critical juncture | decisive change

example_words_list_1: crisis, crises

categorical_group_list: Change, Event, Criticality

etymology: Greek krisis 'decision, judgment, turning point'


morpheme_key: crisi

morpheme: crisi

morpheme_head: crisi

affix_form: crisi-

allomorphs: cris

meaning_definition: choose, judge, separate

example_words_list_1: apocrine, crisis, criterion, critic, critical, criticaster, criticise, criticism, critique, diacritic, eccrine, eccrinology, eccrisis, eccritic, endocrine, endocrinology, exocrine, heterocrine, holocrine, hypercriticism, hypocrisy, hypocrite, kritarchy, Kritosaurus, merocrine, syncrisis

categorical_group_list: Decision, Separation, Judgment

etymology: κρίνειν (krínein), κρίσις (krísis), κρίμα (kríma)


morpheme_key: crisis

morpheme: crisis

morpheme_head: crisis

affix_form: -crisis-

meaning_definition: turning point | critical moment | decisive stage

example_words_list_1: crisis, narcissistic, crisis-ridden

example_words_corpus: precrisis | noncrisis | epicrisis | ecocrisis | postcrisis | anticrisis

categorical_group_list: Change, Criticality, Event

etymology: Greek krisis "decision, judgment"


morpheme_key: crisp

morpheme: crisp

morpheme_head: crisp

affix_form: crisp-

sense_label: curled

meaning_definition: curled

example_words_list_1: crisp, crisply, crispness

example_words_corpus: crispy | crisps | crispt | crispen | crisper | crisply

categorical_group_list: Texture, Shape

etymology: crispus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: criss

morpheme: criss

morpheme_head: criss

affix_form: -criss-

meaning_definition: cross | across | through

example_words_list_1: crisscross, crissate

categorical_group_list: Direction, Geometry, Cross

etymology: Latin 'cris-' or 'crassus' (thick, broad) or from 'crux' (cross), often seen in words like 'criss-cross' or 'crissate', though 'criss' itself is rarely a productive root in modern English morphology outside of specific loanwords or compounds like 'crisscross'. However, in the context of linguistic databases, 'criss' is often associated with the Latin 'crux' (cross) or the French 'crois' (cross). Given the form '-criss-', it is likely a variant of 'cross-'.


morpheme_key: crist

morpheme: crist

morpheme_head: crist

affix_form: crist-

sense_label: crest

meaning_definition: crest

example_words_list_1: crease, crest, cristate

example_words_list_2: crease, crest, cristate

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape, Topography

etymology: crista


morpheme_key: cristo

morpheme: cristo

morpheme_head: cristo

affix_form: -cristo-

meaning_definition: anointed | messiah

example_words_list_1: christian, christendom, christology, antichrist, christening

categorical_group_list: Religion, Divinity

etymology: Greek Christos 'anointed' from Hebrew Messiah


morpheme_key: crit

morpheme: crit

morpheme_head: crit

affix_form: crit-

allomorphs: crite

sense_label: choose

meaning_definition: select | assess | divide | distinguish by separating | filter

example_words_list_1: apocrine | crisis | criterion | critic | critical | criticaster | criticise | criticism | critique | diacritic | eccrine | eccrinology | eccrisis | eccritic | endocrine | endocrinology | exocrine | heterocrine | holocrine | hypercriticism | hypocrisy | hypocrite | kritarchy | Kritosaurus | merocrine | syncrisis | criticize | diacritical | hematocrit | hypercritical

example_words_corpus: crits

related_morphemes: crin2 / crin, cris / cris / : cern / cern, crem2 / crem, cret2 / cret

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: cri | crit

etymology: κρίνειν (krínein) | κρίσις (krísis) | κρίμα (kríma) | Greek kritikos : critical | able to discern (or kritēs : judge) krinein : to discern | to separate


morpheme_key: criteria

morpheme: criteria

morpheme_head: criterion

affix_form: -criteria-

allomorphs: criteria

meaning_definition: standard | rule | judgment | basis for decision

example_words_list_1: criterion, criteria

categorical_group_list: Judgment, Standard, Logic

etymology: Greek kriterion 'means of deciding'


morpheme_key: critic

morpheme: critic

morpheme_head: critic

affix_form: -critic-

meaning_definition: to judge | to discern | to separate

example_words_list_1: critic, critical, criticism, critique

example_words_corpus: critics | criticism | criticize | noncritic | ecocritic | criticist

categorical_group_list: Judgment, Evaluation

etymology: Greek kritikos 'able to discern'


morpheme_key: critter

morpheme: critter

morpheme_head: critter

affix_form: -critter-

meaning_definition: small animal | creature

example_words_list_1: critter

example_words_corpus: critters | crittercam | crittercams | salescritter | critterproof | salescritters

categorical_group_list: Entity, Fauna

etymology: Middle English 'critere' or 'critter', likely a dialectal variant of 'creature'


morpheme_key: croak

morpheme: croak

morpheme_head: croak

affix_form: -croak-

meaning_definition: to make a short, low, hoarse sound | to die

example_words_list_1: croak

example_words_corpus: croaky | croaks | croaked | croaker | croaking | croakers

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Sound

etymology: From Old English 'cracian' meaning 'to creak, crack, or croak', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: crochet

morpheme: crochet

morpheme_head: crochet

affix_form: -crochet-

meaning_definition: to make fabric by interlocking loops of yarn with a hooked needle

example_words_list_1: crochet

example_words_corpus: crochets | crocheter | crocheted | crocheting | crocheters | crochetwork

categorical_group_list: Craft, Textile

etymology: French 'crochet' meaning 'little hook', from Old French 'croche'


morpheme_key: crock

morpheme: crock

morpheme_head: crock

affix_form: -crock-

meaning_definition: pot | vessel | jar

example_words_list_1: crock, crockery

example_words_corpus: crocks | crocky | crocked | crocker | crockery | crockpot

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: Middle English 'croke' (pot, jar)


morpheme_key: crockery

morpheme: crockery

morpheme_head: crockery

affix_form: -crockery-

meaning_definition: dishes | plates | bowls | tableware

example_words_list_1: crockery, crockeryware

categorical_group_list: Objects, Household items

etymology: Middle English crockery, from crock (pot/vessel)


morpheme_key: crocodile

morpheme: crocodile

morpheme_head: crocodile

affix_form: -crocodile-

meaning_definition: large predatory reptile

example_words_list_1: ['crocodile']

example_words_corpus: crocodiles | crocodiled | crocodiledom | crocodilelike | werecrocodile | werecrocodiles

categorical_group_list: Animals, Reptiles

etymology: Greek kroke- 'pebble' + drilos 'river stone'


morpheme_key: crocus

morpheme: crocus

morpheme_head: crocus

affix_form: -crocus-

meaning_definition: saffron flower | crocus plant

example_words_list_1: crocus

example_words_corpus: crocuses | crocused | crocuslike

categorical_group_list: Botany, Flora

etymology: Greek krékon 'saffron'


morpheme_key: croft

morpheme: croft

morpheme_head: croft

affix_form: -croft-

meaning_definition: small enclosed field | farmstead

example_words_list_1: croft, crofter

example_words_corpus: crofts | crofter | crofters | crofting | Croftian | croftland

categorical_group_list: Agriculture, Land

etymology: Old English 'croft' (small field, enclosure)


morpheme_key: croissant

morpheme: croissant

morpheme_head: croissant

affix_form: -croissant-

meaning_definition: crescent-shaped pastry

example_words_list_1: croissant

example_words_corpus: croissants | croissantlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Pastry

etymology: French 'croissant' meaning 'increasing' or 'crescent-shaped'


morpheme_key: crone

morpheme: crone

morpheme_head: crone

affix_form: -crone-

meaning_definition: old woman | hag

example_words_list_1: crone

example_words_corpus: crones | cronelike | cronehood

categorical_group_list: Age, Person

etymology: Old English 'cræne' (meaning hag or old woman)


morpheme_key: crony

morpheme: crony

morpheme_head: crony

affix_form: -crony-

meaning_definition: companion | associate | friend

example_words_list_1: cronyism

example_words_corpus: cronyism | cronydom | noncrony | cronyish | cronyisms | cronyists

categorical_group_list: Social, Person

etymology: Greek kranos 'helmet' via crony (companion/comrade)


morpheme_key: crook

morpheme: crook

morpheme_head: crook

affix_form: -crook-

meaning_definition: bent | curved | crooked

example_words_list_1: crook

example_words_corpus: crooks | acrook | crooked | uncrook | crooken | crookle

categorical_group_list: Person, Criminality

etymology: Middle English 'croke' (bent, curved)


morpheme_key: croon

morpheme: croon

morpheme_head: croon

affix_form: -croon-

meaning_definition: to sing low and soft | to hum

example_words_list_1: croon

example_words_corpus: croons | croony | crooner | crooned | crooners | crooning

categorical_group_list: Sound, Vocalization

etymology: From Old English crēon 'to cry, wail, lament', related to Old Norse krjúpa 'to creep' and Gothic hriusan 'to fall'.


morpheme_key: crop

morpheme: crop

morpheme_head: crop

affix_form: -crop-

meaning_definition: to cut | to harvest | to prune

example_words_list_1: crop, cropping, crops

example_words_corpus: uncrop | cropped | outcrop | cropper | noncrop | miscrop

categorical_group_list: Action, Agriculture, Reduction

etymology: Old English crop 'beard, tuft, top of a plant' (from Proto-Germanic *krop- 'beard, tuft'), later extended to 'harvest' and 'cutting off'.


morpheme_key: croquet

morpheme: croquet

morpheme_head: croquet

affix_form: -croquet-

meaning_definition: a lawn game played with mallets and hoops

example_words_list_1: croquet

example_words_corpus: croquets | croqueted | croqueter | croqueting | croqueters | croquetlike

categorical_group_list: Game, Sport

etymology: Old French croquet, diminutive of croc 'hook' (from Frankish *krukkō)


morpheme_key: cross

morpheme: cross

morpheme_head: cross

affix_form: cross-

allomorphs: crosse | crosso

sense_label: lying across, joining; arranged or structured in t

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,verb,noun

meaning_definition: spanning over, connecting | oriented perpendicularly, structured oppositely

example_words_list_1: cross-country | cross-examine | crossroads

example_words_corpus: across | crosst | crossed | crossly | crosser | recross

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Relation, Structure

ancestor_etymon: cruc-em  OED

etymology: Latin crux (gen. crucis) 'cross' (noun of action from cruciare 'to crucify'), from PIE *kruks- 'cross, crook'

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: crotch

morpheme: crotch

morpheme_head: crotch

affix_form: crotch

meaning_definition: a small recess or indentation at each corner of a carom table | a specific part of a three-ball carom game table

example_words_list_1: crotches | crotched | crotchal | crotchful | crotchless | crotchling


morpheme_key: crotchet

morpheme: crotchet

morpheme_head: crotchet

affix_form: crotchet

meaning_definition: a method of knitting using loops | a hooked tool used in knitting | characterized by a hooked or looped structure

example_words_list_1: crotchety | crotchets | crotchetily | crotcheteer | uncrotchety | crotcheteers


morpheme_key: crouch

morpheme: crouch

morpheme_head: crouch

affix_form: -crouch-

meaning_definition: to bend low | to squat | to stoop

example_words_list_1: crouching, crouched, crouches

example_words_corpus: Crouchy | crouchy | crouched | crouches | croucher | uncrouch

categorical_group_list: Motion, Posture

etymology: Middle English crouchen, from crouch (to bend)


morpheme_key: croup

morpheme: croup

morpheme_head: croup

affix_form: -croup-

meaning_definition: a group of people | a crowd | a mob

example_words_list_1: croup, croupier, croupy

example_words_corpus: croupy | croups | croupal | croupous | croupily | croupiness

categorical_group_list: Collective noun, People, Group

etymology: From French 'croupe' meaning 'rump' or 'hindquarters', extended to mean a group of people gathered together.


morpheme_key: crout

morpheme: crout

morpheme_head: crout

affix_form: -crout-

meaning_definition: hardened outer layer | surface coating

example_words_list_1: crouton, en croûte

example_words_list_2: crouton, en croûte

related_morphemes: crust / crust

categorical_group_list: Texture, Food, Surface

etymology: Old French 'croûte' (crust, rind)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: crow

morpheme: crow

morpheme_head: crow

affix_form: -crow-

meaning_definition: crow | raven

example_words_list_1: crow

example_words_corpus: crows | crowed | crowly | crower | crowbar | crowing

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animals

etymology: Old English crow 'crow, raven'


morpheme_key: crowd

morpheme: crowd

morpheme_head: crowd

affix_form: -crowd-

meaning_definition: large group | multitude | mass

example_words_list_1: crowded, crowding, crowd

example_words_corpus: crowds | crowdy | crowded | crowder | crowding | crowders

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Social, Mass

etymology: Middle English 'crowd', likely from Old French 'croude'


morpheme_key: crown

morpheme: crown

morpheme_head: crown

affix_form: -crown-

meaning_definition: headpiece | symbol of sovereignty | top | summit

example_words_list_1: crown, crowning, crownland

example_words_corpus: crowns | crowned | crowner | crownes | recrown | uncrown

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Head, Top

etymology: Old English croune, from Late Latin corona, from Greek korōnē 'garland, wreath'


morpheme_key: croy

morpheme: croy

morpheme_head: croy

affix_form: -croy-

meaning_definition: believe | trust

example_words_list_1: incredible, credible, incredulity

example_words_corpus: croys

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Belief

etymology: Latin 'credere' meaning 'to believe, trust'


morpheme_key: cru

morpheme: cru

morpheme_head: cru

affix_form: -cru-

meaning_definition: expand | develop

example_words_list_1: accrue, recruit

example_words_list_2: accrue, recruit

related_morphemes: crem1 / crem, cres / cres, cren1 / cren

categorical_group_list: Growth, Increase

etymology: Latin 'crescere' (to grow, increase)


morpheme_key: cruci

morpheme: cruci

morpheme_head: cruci

affix_form: cruci-

allomorphs: cruc

meaning_definition: cross, important point

example_words_list_1: cross | crucial | cruciate | crucifer | cruciferous | crucifix | crucifixion | cruciform | crucify | crucigerous | discruciate | excruciate

example_words_list_2: cross, crucial, cruciate, crucifer, cruciferous, crucifix, crucifixion, cruciform, crucify, crucigerous, discruciate, excruciate

example_words_corpus: cruciverbalism | cruciverbalist | cruciverbalists

categorical_group_list: Shape, Importance

etymology: crux, crucis


morpheme_key: crucial

morpheme: crucial

morpheme_head: crucial

affix_form: -crucial-

meaning_definition: decisive | critical | essential

example_words_list_1: crucial, crucially, cruciate, crucible, crucifix

example_words_corpus: crucially | noncrucial | cruciality | crucialness

categorical_group_list: Importance, Criticality

etymology: Latin crux, cruc- 'cross'


morpheme_key: crucible

morpheme: crucible

morpheme_head: crucible

affix_form: -crucible-

meaning_definition: container for melting | severe test | trial

example_words_list_1: crucible, crucibulum

example_words_corpus: crucibles

categorical_group_list: Container, Trial, Transformation

etymology: Latin crucibulum 'melting pot', from crux 'cross' (referring to the cross-shaped handle or the shape of the vessel)


morpheme_key: crud

morpheme: crud

morpheme_head: crud

affix_form: crud-

meaning_definition: untreated | unprocessed | original condition

example_words_list_1: crude | crudités | recrudesce Variant Spellings: ecru | ecru

example_words_corpus: cruds | cruddy | crudware | crudzine | cruddily | cybercrud

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin crudus 'raw, unripe, bloody'


morpheme_key: cruel

morpheme: cruel

morpheme_head: cruel

affix_form: -cruel-

meaning_definition: causing | inflicting | feeling | suffering pain or distress

example_words_list_1: cruelty, crueler, cruelless

example_words_corpus: cruels | cruelty | cruelly | uncruel | cruelness | cruelties

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Malice, Suffering

etymology: Latin 'cruelis' (cruel, pitiless), of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'crux' (cross, torture)


morpheme_key: cruise

morpheme: cruise

morpheme_head: cruise

affix_form: -cruise-

meaning_definition: to sail | to travel | to wander

example_words_list_1: cruise, cruiser, cruising, cruciser

example_words_corpus: cruiser | cruises | cruised | cruisey | cruisers | cruiseway

categorical_group_list: Motion, Travel

etymology: Middle French 'cruiser' (to wander, to roam)


morpheme_key: crum

morpheme: crum

morpheme_head: crum

affix_form: -crum-

meaning_definition: to crush | to break into small pieces

example_words_list_1: crumble, crumbling, crumbled

example_words_corpus: crums

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction

etymology: imitative of the sound of breaking or crushing


morpheme_key: crumb

morpheme: crumb

morpheme_head: crumb

affix_form: -crumb-

meaning_definition: small | fragment | particle

example_words_list_1: crumb, crumbling, crumbly

example_words_corpus: crumbs | crumber | crumbed | decrumb | crumbers | crumbing

categorical_group_list: Size, Substance

etymology: Old English crūm (fragment, morsel)


morpheme_key: crumble

morpheme: crumble

morpheme_head: crumble

affix_form: -crumble-

meaning_definition: break into small fragments | disintegrate | decay

example_words_corpus: crumbled | crumbles | crumbler | crumblers | crumbleth | uncrumbled

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Physical state

etymology: Middle English crumblen, related to crumbs


morpheme_key: crump

morpheme: crump

morpheme_head: crump

affix_form: -crump-

meaning_definition: crumple | collapse | crush

example_words_list_1: crumple, crumpled, crumpling, crumpet

example_words_corpus: crumps | crumpy | crumple | crumped | crumply | crumpled

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical change, Destruction

etymology: From Old French 'rompre' or 'crumpe' meaning to break or crumple, related to 'crumple'.


morpheme_key: crumpet

morpheme: crumpet

morpheme_head: crumpet

affix_form: -crumpet-

meaning_definition: small | sweet | baked | bread

example_words_list_1: crumpet, crumpety

example_words_corpus: crumpets

categorical_group_list: Food, Edible

etymology: Origin unknown, possibly from the name of a character in Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' or a dialectal term for a small cake


morpheme_key: crunch

morpheme: crunch

morpheme_head: crunch

affix_form: -crunch-

meaning_definition: to crush with a noise | to compress | to bite or chew loudly

example_words_list_1: crunch, crunchy, cruncher, crunching

example_words_corpus: crunchy | scrunch | scrunchy | crunched | crunches | cruncher

categorical_group_list: Sound, Action, Physicality

etymology: imitative of the sound of crushing


morpheme_key: crur

morpheme: crur

morpheme_head: crur

affix_form: crur-

allomorphs: cruro

meaning_definition: leg | shank

example_words_list_1: bicrural | crural | crus | equicrural

example_words_list_2: bicrural | crural | crus | equicrural

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: crus | cruris


morpheme_key: crus

morpheme: crus

morpheme_head: crus

affix_form: crus-

meaning_definition: cross

example_words_list_1: crusade

example_words_list_2: crusade

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

etymology: crus, cruris


morpheme_key: crusade

morpheme: crusade

morpheme_head: crusade

affix_form: -crusade-

meaning_definition: holy war | vigorous campaign

example_words_list_1: crusader, crusading

example_words_corpus: crusader | crusades | crusaded | crusaders | crusaderism | crusaderist

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Religion

etymology: Latin crux (gen. crucis) 'cross'


morpheme_key: crush

morpheme: crush

morpheme_head: crush

affix_form: -crush-

meaning_definition: to smash | to compress | to pulverize

example_words_list_1: crush, crushing, crusher

example_words_corpus: crushed | crushes | crusher | crushee | crushing | crushers

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction, Physical force

etymology: Middle English crushen, from Old French crusier


morpheme_key: crust

morpheme: crust

morpheme_head: crust

affix_form: -crust-

allomorphs: crusta

meaning_definition: surface covering | outer part | hard outer covering

example_words_list_1: crust | crustacean | crustaceous | crusty | encrust

example_words_corpus: crusty | crusts | crustal | crusted | decrust | crustily

related_morphemes: crout / crout

categorical_group_list: Texture, Biology, Physical Layer

ancestor_etymon: crust

etymology: Latin crusta "shell, crust"


morpheme_key: crustacean

morpheme: crustacean

morpheme_head: crustacean

affix_form: -crustacean-

meaning_definition: shell | crust

example_words_list_1: crustacean

categorical_group_list: Biology, Zoology

etymology: Latin crustaceus 'having a shell', from crusta 'shell'


morpheme_key: crutch

morpheme: crutch

morpheme_head: crutch

affix_form: -crutch-

meaning_definition: support | aid | prop

example_words_list_1: crutch

example_words_corpus: crutches | crutchers | crutchlike | crutchless

categorical_group_list: Support, Physical object

etymology: Middle English crutche, from Old English cryce


morpheme_key: crux

morpheme: crux

morpheme_head: crux

affix_form: -crux-

meaning_definition: intersection | instrument of torment | central element | fundamental nature

example_words_list_1: crucial, crucify, excruciating, crusade

example_words_list_2: crucial, crucify, excruciating, crusade

example_words_corpus: cruxes | Gacrux

categorical_group_list: Object, Instrument, Suffering

ancestor_etymon: crux

etymology: Latin crux 'cross, torture device'


morpheme_key: cruz

morpheme: cruz

morpheme_head: cruz

affix_form: -cruz-

example_words_list_1: crucial, crucifix, cruciform

categorical_group_list: Shape, Object

etymology: Latin crux, cruc- 'cross'


morpheme_key: cryo

morpheme: cry(o)

morpheme_head: cry

affix_form: cry-

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: chilly | frozen | ice-laden

example_words_list_1: cryogenic, cryonics, cryobiology

example_words_list_2: cryosurgery | cryology | cryoablation | cryogenic | cryogenics | cryolite | cryometer | cryonics | cryophobia | cryoscope | cryobiology | cryophyte | cryoscopy | cryostat | cryonics (freezing the body | for the future) | cryogenics (creating freezing temperatures)

example_words_corpus: cryogen | cryosol | cryobot | cryogun | cryofix | cryotip

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | Core concept

ancestor_etymon: κρύος  OED | cryo

etymology: combining form of ancient Greek κρύος frost | icy cold OED | Greek κρύος (krúos) | cold | frost | Greek kryos : cold | Greek

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: crypta

morpheme: crypta

morpheme_head: crypta

affix_form: crypta-

meaning_definition: hide, hidden, secret

example_words_list_1: cryptography, cryptic, cryptogram

categorical_group_list: Secrecy, Concealment

etymology: κρύπτειν (krúptein) ~to hide~, κρυπτός (kruptós)


morpheme_key: crypto

morpheme: crypto

morpheme_head: crypto

affix_form: crypto-

allomorphs: crypt

meaning_definition: not visible | confidential | conceal | kept from view | private or covertly

example_words_corpus: cryptonym | cryptotia | cryptofax | cryptology | cryptogram | cryptonyms

ancestor_etymon: κρυπτο-  OED

etymology: Greek kryptos 'hidden', from kryptein 'to hide'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: crystal

morpheme: crystal

morpheme_head: crystal

affix_form: -crystal-

meaning_definition: clear | transparent | structured mineral

example_words_corpus: crystals | cocrystal | bicrystal | crystally | cocrystals | crystallin

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Greek krystallos "ice, rock crystal"


morpheme_key: crystallo

morpheme: crystallo

morpheme_head: crystall

affix_form: crystallo-

allomorphs: crystallo

meaning_definition: crystalline material | crystalline materials

example_words_list_1: crystallography | crystallomagnetic | crystallometry

example_words_corpus: crystallogen | crystallogeny | crystallogens | crystallogram | crystallomancy | crystallometry

categorical_group_list: Material, Mineralogy

ancestor_etymon: κρυσταλλο- OED

etymology: < ancient Greek κρύσταλλος  clear ice OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED


morpheme_key: cten

morpheme: cten

morpheme_head: cten

affix_form: cten-

allomorphs: cteno

meaning_definition: comb | teeth of a comb | resembling a comb

example_words_list_1: pectinate, pecten

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Tools

etymology: Greek kten 'comb'


morpheme_key: cub

morpheme: cub

morpheme_head: cub

affix_form: cub-

sense_label: lie

meaning_definition: rest | recline | stay | assume a horizontal position

example_words_list_1: incumbent, succumb, recumbent, incubate

example_words_corpus: cubbed | cubhood | cublike | cubless | cubbing | cubbish

related_morphemes: cumb / cumb

categorical_group_list: Position, Rest

etymology: Latin cubare 'to lie down'

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


morpheme_key: cubby

morpheme: cubby

morpheme_head: cubby

affix_form: -cubby-

meaning_definition: small enclosed space | den | shelter

example_words_list_1: cubbyhole, cubby house

example_words_corpus: cubbyhole | cubbyholes

categorical_group_list: Noun, Location, Shelter

etymology: Middle English cubben, from Old English cufian 'to crouch'


morpheme_key: cubicle

morpheme: cubicle

morpheme_head: cubicle

affix_form: -cubicle-

meaning_definition: small | enclosed | compartment

example_words_list_1: cubicle, cubicula

example_words_corpus: cubicles | cubicled | cubiclelike | multicubicle

categorical_group_list: Space, Structure

etymology: Latin cubiculum "bedroom, sleeping chamber", from cubare "to lie down"


morpheme_key: cubit

morpheme: cubit

morpheme_head: cubit

affix_form: -cubit-

meaning_definition: elbow | forearm | cubit (unit of length)

example_words_list_1: cubit

example_words_corpus: cubits | cubital | cubitals | antecubital | postcubital | mediocubital

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Anatomy

etymology: Latin cubitus "elbow, forearm"


morpheme_key: cuckold

morpheme: cuckold

morpheme_head: cuckold

affix_form: -cuckold-

meaning_definition: a man whose wife is unfaithful | a man who is unaware of his wife's infidelity

example_words_list_1: cuckoldry, cuckolding, cuckolds

example_words_corpus: cuckolds | cuckoldy | cuckolded | cuckoldry | cuckoldly | cuckoldom

categorical_group_list: Human condition, Infidelity

etymology: Middle English cuckold, from cuckoo (the bird)


morpheme_key: cuckoo

morpheme: cuckoo

morpheme_head: cuckoo

affix_form: -cuckoo-

meaning_definition: crazy | foolish | silly

example_words_list_1: cuckoo

example_words_corpus: cuckoos | cuckooed | cuckooing | cuckoobud | cuckooings | cuckoobuds

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Mental state

etymology: Middle English cuckou, from Old English cucū, imitative of the bird's call


morpheme_key: cucumber

morpheme: cucumber

morpheme_head: cucumber

affix_form: -cucumber-

meaning_definition: cucumber

example_words_list_1: cucumber

example_words_corpus: cucumbers | cucumbery | cucumberless | cucumberlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Greek kôkomêron 'fruit of a plant'


morpheme_key: cud

morpheme: cud

morpheme_head: cud

affix_form: -cud-

meaning_definition: to chew | masticate

example_words_list_1: cud

example_words_corpus: cuds | cudweed | cudweeds

categorical_group_list: Action, Biological process

etymology: Middle English 'cud', related to 'chew'


morpheme_key: cudgel

morpheme: cudgel

morpheme_head: cudgel

affix_form: -cudgel-

meaning_definition: heavy stick | club | bludgeon

example_words_list_1: ['cudgel']

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Physical object

etymology: Middle English cudgel, from Old French coule (club)


morpheme_key: cue

morpheme: cue

morpheme_head: cue

affix_form: -cue-

meaning_definition: signal | hint | prompt

example_words_list_1: cue, cues, cueing

example_words_corpus: cues | cued | cuer | cuers | miscue | cueing

categorical_group_list: Signal, Action

etymology: French cue 'signal, pointer', from Old French que 'what', from Latin quid 'what'


morpheme_key: cuff

morpheme: cuff

morpheme_head: cuff

affix_form: -cuff-

meaning_definition: to restrain | to bind | sleeve end

example_words_list_1: cuff, handcuff, cufflink

example_words_corpus: cuffs | Cuffs | cuffed | uncuff | cuffing | uncuffs

categorical_group_list: Restraint, Clothing

etymology: Middle English 'coufe', related to 'coif'


morpheme_key: cuisine

morpheme: cuisine

morpheme_head: cuisine

affix_form: -cuisine-

meaning_definition: style of cooking | food | culinary preparation

example_words_list_1: cuisine

example_words_corpus: cuisines | subcuisine | subcuisines | multicuisine

categorical_group_list: Food, Culture

etymology: French cuisine, from Old French cuison 'cooking', from cuire 'to cook', from Latin coquere


morpheme_key: cul

morpheme: cul

morpheme_head: cul

affix_form: cul-

sense_label: bottom

meaning_definition: base | back | termination

example_words_list_1: bascule | cul-de-sac | culet | culottes Variant Spellings: recoil | recoil

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin culus 'anus, buttocks'


affix_form: -cul

allomorphs: cule | cula

sense_label: means

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: signifies | tool | location | small version

example_words_list_1: curriculum | fulcrum | homunculus | majuscule | minuscule | molecule | opuscule | reticule | retinaculum | ridicule | tuberculosis

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Instrument, Location

ancestor_etymon: cul

etymology: From Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, diminutive suffix derived from -culus, a variant of -culus used to form diminutives or instruments from nouns.


morpheme_key: culin

morpheme: culin

morpheme_head: culin

affix_form: culin-

meaning_definition: kitchen | cooking

example_words_list_1: culinarian | culinary | kiln

example_words_list_2: culinarian | culinary | kiln

categorical_group_list: Food, Domestic

etymology: culīna


morpheme_key: culinary

morpheme: culinary

morpheme_head: culinary

affix_form: -culinary-

meaning_definition: of or relating to a kitchen | of or relating to cooking

example_words_list_1: culinary, culinarys

categorical_group_list: Food, Cooking, Sensory

etymology: Latin culinarius, from culina 'kitchen'


morpheme_key: cull

morpheme: cull

morpheme_head: cull

affix_form: -cull-

meaning_definition: to select | to reduce | to remove

example_words_list_1: cull, culling, culled

example_words_corpus: culls | culler | culled | culling | cullers | cullest

categorical_group_list: Selection, Reduction, Removal

etymology: Middle English cull, from Old French cul, meaning 'bottom/end'


morpheme_key: culm

morpheme: culm

morpheme_head: culm

affix_form: culm-

meaning_definition: apex | height

example_words_list_1: culminate

example_words_list_2: culminate

example_words_corpus: culms | culmiferous

categorical_group_list: Height, Topography, Extremity

ancestor_etymon: culm

etymology: Latin 'culmen' (peak, summit) from 'collere' (to heave up)


morpheme_key: culminate

morpheme: culminate

morpheme_head: culminate

affix_form: -culminate-

meaning_definition: reach a climax | conclude | peak

example_words_list_1: culmination, anticlimactic

example_words_corpus: culminated | culminates

categorical_group_list: Finality, Zenith, Completion

etymology: Latin culminare 'to reach the top', from culmen 'summit, roof'


morpheme_key: culotte

morpheme: culotte

morpheme_head: culotte

affix_form: -culotte-

meaning_definition: shorts | undergarment

example_words_list_1: culottes, culotté

example_words_corpus: culottes | culotted

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Old French culotte, from cul 'bottom, buttocks' + -otte (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: culp

morpheme: culp

morpheme_head: culp

affix_form: culp-

sense_label: guilt

meaning_definition: moral responsibility | error | reproach

example_words_list_1: culpability | culpable | culprit | exculpate | exculpatory | inculpable | inculpate | inculpatory | mea culpa | culpa

categorical_group_list: Blame, Morality, Law

ancestor_etymon: culp

etymology: Latin culp- 'guilt, blame', past participle stem of culpare 'to blame, find fault'

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


morpheme_key: culprit

morpheme: culprit

morpheme_head: culprit

affix_form: -culprit-

meaning_definition: guilty party | perpetrator

example_words_list_1: culpable, culpability, inculpable, inculpation

example_words_corpus: culprits | nonculprit

categorical_group_list: Agency, Crime

etymology: Latin 'culpa' meaning 'fault, blame'


morpheme_key: cult

morpheme: cult

morpheme_head: cult

affix_form: cult-

sense_label: cultivate

meaning_definition: foster | work soil | reside | promote growth | nurture | dwell | occupy | tend | attend to

example_words_list_1: acculturate | acculturation | agriculture | apiculture | bicultural | colonial | colony | countercultural | counterculture | cult | cultivable | cultivate | cultivation | cultivator | cultural | culturati | culture | deculturate | deculturation | incult | inculturation | inquiline | inquilinity | inquilinous | intercultural | multicultural | postcolonial | precolonial | subcultural | subculture | horticulture | viticulture Variant Spellings: colony unrelated: occult

example_words_corpus: cults | culty | cultic | cultist | cultism | cultish

related_morphemes: col2 / col

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: cult

etymology: Latin 'cultus', past participle of 'colere' meaning 'to till, cultivate, inhabit'


morpheme_key: culti

morpheme: culti

morpheme_head: culti

affix_form: culti-

meaning_definition: grow

example_words_list_1: cult, culture, cultivate, acculturate, agriculture, horticulture, subculture

categorical_group_list: Growth, Development, Care


morpheme_key: cultiv

morpheme: cultiv

morpheme_head: cultiv

affix_form: -cultiv-

meaning_definition: to till | to cultivate | to care for

example_words_list_1: cultivate, cultivation, cultivator

categorical_group_list: Action, Agriculture

etymology: Latin 'cultivus' (tilled) from 'colere' (to till, cultivate)


morpheme_key: culture

morpheme: culture

morpheme_head: culture

affix_form: -culture-

meaning_definition: cultivation | care | way of life

example_words_list_1: subculture, monoculture, multicultural

example_words_corpus: cultures | coculture | inculture | acculture | unculture | reculture

categorical_group_list: Social, Human activity

etymology: Latin cultura 'a cultivating, agriculture, culture', from colere 'to till, cultivate'


morpheme_key: cumb

morpheme: cumb

morpheme_head: cumb

affix_form: -cumb-

meaning_definition: recline | adopt a recumbent position | stay in a state | the act of reclining

example_words_list_1: incubation | succuba | accumbent | incumbent | procumbent | recumbent | succumb | incubate

related_morphemes: cub1 / cub

categorical_group_list: Direction designator

ancestor_etymon: cumb

etymology: Latin 'cumbere' (to lie down), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-bʰeh₂-


morpheme_key: cumber

morpheme: cumber

morpheme_head: cumber

affix_form: -cumber-

meaning_definition: to obstruct | to hinder | to weigh down

example_words_list_1: encumber,encumbered,encumbering

example_words_corpus: cumbers | cumbered | cumberer | cumbering | discumber | cumberers

categorical_group_list: Obstruction, Impediment

etymology: Old French encombrer 'to obstruct, impede'


morpheme_key: cumin

morpheme: cumin

morpheme_head: cumin

affix_form: -cumin-

meaning_definition: cumin

example_words_list_1: cumin

example_words_corpus: cumins | cuminic | cuminol

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: Latin cuminum, from Greek kumínōn


morpheme_key: cummerbund

morpheme: cummerbund

morpheme_head: cummerbund

affix_form: cummerbund

meaning_definition: A broad sash, especially one that is pleated and worn as part of formal attire | A type of waistband used in formal clothing

example_words_list_1: cummerbunds | cummerbunded

example_words_corpus: cummerbunds | cummerbunded


morpheme_key: cumul

morpheme: cumul

morpheme_head: cumul

affix_form: cumul-

allomorphs: cumula | cumulo | cumulus

sense_label: mass

meaning_definition: bulk | pile

example_words_list_1: accumulate | cumulative | cumulus | accumulative

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Accumulation

etymology: Latin cumulus "heap, pile"


morpheme_key: cune

morpheme: cune

morpheme_head: cune

affix_form: cune-

meaning_definition: a narrow, pointed object | a tapered, sharp-edged tool

example_words_list_1: coign | coigne | coin | cuneate | cuneiform | cuneus | encoignure | obcuneate | precuneus | quoin | sconcheon | scuncheon | cuneal | cuneiform Variant Spellings: coin

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin cuneus 'wedge'


morpheme_key: cuneiform

morpheme: cuneiform

morpheme_head: cuneiform

affix_form: -cuneiform-

meaning_definition: wedge-shaped | written with wedge-shaped marks

example_words_list_1: cuneiform

categorical_group_list: Writing, Ancient, Shape

etymology: Latin cuneus 'wedge' + forma 'shape'


morpheme_key: cuneo

morpheme: cuneo

morpheme_head: cuneo

affix_form: cuneo-

meaning_definition: wedge | wedge-shaped

example_words_list_1: cuneocuboid | cuneometatarsal

example_words_corpus: cuneocuboid | cuneometatarsal

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry


morpheme_key: cup

morpheme: cup

morpheme_head: cup

affix_form: False

sense_label: cup, cup-shaped

meaning_definition: a vessel for holding liquids | resembling a cup in form

example_words_list_1: cup, cupbearer, cupboard, cupcake, cupful, cupel, cupola, teacup

example_words_corpus: cups | cuppy | uncup | teacup | eggcup | cupped

categorical_group_list: Container, Shape

etymology: Latin 'cupa' (vat, cask) via Old French 'cuppe'


morpheme_key: cupboard

morpheme: cupboard

morpheme_head: cupboard

affix_form: -cupboard-

meaning_definition: a cabinet or storage compartment

example_words_list_1: ['cupboard']

categorical_group_list: Furniture, Storage

etymology: Middle English cupbord, from cup (cup) + board (table/shelf)


morpheme_key: cupid

morpheme: cupid

morpheme_head: cupid

affix_form: -cupid-

meaning_definition: desire | longing | greed | passion

example_words_list_1: cupid, cupidity

example_words_corpus: cupids | Cupidlike

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Love

etymology: Latin cupiditas 'desire, greed'


morpheme_key: cupola

morpheme: cupola

morpheme_head: cupola

affix_form: -cupola-

meaning_definition: small dome | dome-shaped structure

example_words_list_1: cupola

example_words_corpus: cupolas | cupolar | cupolaed | bicupola | orthobicupola | orthobicupolas

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Shape

etymology: Latin cupola 'small dome', from cupa 'tub, cask' (referring to the shape)


morpheme_key: cuppa

morpheme: cuppa

morpheme_head: cuppa

affix_form: -cuppa-

meaning_definition: cup | portion | serving

example_words_list_1: cuppa

example_words_corpus: cuppas

categorical_group_list: Container, Quantity

etymology: Diminutive of 'cup'


morpheme_key: cupr

morpheme: cupr

morpheme_head: cupr

affix_form: cupr-

allomorphs: cupro

meaning_definition: metallic element | mineral sourced from Cyprus

example_words_list_1: copper, cupric, cuprous, cuprite, cupric oxide

example_words_corpus: cuprian

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Metals

etymology: Low Latin cuprum Latin Cyprium aes : Cyprian brass, brass of Cyprus (copper)


morpheme_key: cupric

morpheme: cupric

morpheme_head: cupric

affix_form: -cupric-

meaning_definition: containing copper in the +2 oxidation state

example_words_list_1: cupric chloride, cupric oxide, cupric sulfate

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: Latin cuprum 'copper'


morpheme_key: cur

morpheme: cur

morpheme_head: cur

affix_form: cur-

allomorphs: cura

sense_label: care

meaning_definition: concern | attention

example_words_list_1: accuracy | accurate | assecure | assurance | assure | curability | curable | curacy | curate | curative | curator | cure | curettage | curette | curio | curiosity | curious | ensure | inaccuracy | inaccurate | incurable | insecure | insecurity | insurability | insurable | insurance | insure | manicure | pedicure | pococurante | proctor | proctour | proctorage | proctorial | procurable | procuracy | procuration | procurator | procure | procurement | proxy | reassurance | reassure | reinsurance | reinsure | scour | scourage | secure | security | sinecural | sinecure | sure | surety | sinecure Variant Spellings: proctor

example_words_corpus: curs | curdog | currish | curship | curdogs | currishly

etymology: Latin curāre 'to take care of'


affix_form: -cur

sense_label: run

meaning_definition: rush | stream | shift

example_words_list_1: concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor | curriculum | extracurricular | incursion

related_morphemes: cor / cor, cour2 / cour, cours / cours, curs / curs

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: cur

etymology: Latin currere 'to run'


morpheme_key: curate

morpheme: curate

morpheme_head: curate

affix_form: -curate-

meaning_definition: care | attend | manage

example_words_list_1: curate, curator, curatorial

example_words_corpus: curates | curated | cocurate | uncurated | cocurated | cocurates

categorical_group_list: Care, Management

etymology: Latin curare 'to take care of, attend to'


morpheme_key: curb

morpheme: curb

morpheme_head: curb

affix_form: -curb-

meaning_definition: restrain | check | control

example_words_list_1: curb, curbstone

example_words_corpus: curbs | curbed | curber | uncurb | curbing | curbers

categorical_group_list: Restraint, Limitation

etymology: Middle French 'courbe' (a bend/arc) or 'courbe' (to bend)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: curd

morpheme: curd

morpheme_head: curd

affix_form: -curd-

meaning_definition: coagulated | thickened | clumped

example_words_list_1: curd, curdled, curds

example_words_corpus: curds | curdy | curdle | curdled | curdles | curdler

categorical_group_list: Texture, Food, State of matter

etymology: Middle English curd, related to curdled


morpheme_key: cure

morpheme: cure

morpheme_head: cure

affix_form: -cure-

sense_label: to heal

meaning_definition: to heal | to remedy | to restore

example_words_list_1: cure, incurable, curative, decure

example_words_corpus: cured | curer | curers | cureth | curest | uncured

categorical_group_list: Restoration, Health, Action

etymology: Latin 'cura' meaning 'care, concern'


morpheme_key: curfew

morpheme: curfew

morpheme_head: curfew

affix_form: -curfew-

meaning_definition: restriction | regulation | time-based limit

example_words_list_1: curfew

example_words_corpus: curfews | curfewed | noncurfew | anticurfew | curfewless | uncurfewed

categorical_group_list: Restriction, Time, Regulation

etymology: Middle English curfew, from Old French cuevrechef 'cover head' (from cuevrir 'to cover' + chef 'head'), referring to the signal to cover lamps and go to bed.


morpheme_key: curia

morpheme: curia

morpheme_head: curia

affix_form: -curia-

allomorphs: curiae

meaning_definition: judicial assembly | assembly for deliberation

example_words_list_1: amicus curiae, curia

example_words_list_2: amicus curiae, curia

example_words_corpus: curias

categorical_group_list: Governance, Assembly, Law

etymology: From Latin 'curia' meaning 'assembly of the curiae' or 'court', derived from 'curus' (care, charge) or possibly Etruscan origin.


morpheme_key: curie

morpheme: curie

morpheme_head: curie

affix_form: -curie-

meaning_definition: curie (unit of radioactivity) | radioactive decay

example_words_list_1: millicurie, microcurie, curiometer

example_words_corpus: curies | megacurie | nanocurie | picocurie | kilocurie | millicurie

categorical_group_list: Physics, Radioactivity, Named Entity

etymology: Named after Marie Curie; adopted as a unit of radioactivity in 1910.


morpheme_key: curio

morpheme: curio

morpheme_head: curio

affix_form: -curio-

meaning_definition: strange | unusual | interesting object

example_words_list_1: curiosity, curious

categorical_group_list: Object, Attribute

etymology: Latin curiosus 'careful, curious', from cura 'care'


morpheme_key: curious

morpheme: curious

morpheme_head: curious

affix_form: -curious-

meaning_definition: desiring to know | inquisitive | eager to learn

example_words_list_1: curiosity, curiously

example_words_corpus: curiously | curiouser | uncurious | curiousest | noncurious | curiousness

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Emotion, Disposition

etymology: Latin 'curiosus' meaning 'careful, curious', derived from 'cura' meaning 'care, concern'


morpheme_key: curl

morpheme: curl

morpheme_head: curl

affix_form: -curl-

meaning_definition: to bend | to twist | spiral

example_words_list_1: curly, curling, uncurled

example_words_corpus: curls | curly | upcurl | curled | curler | uncurl

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Physical state

etymology: Middle English 'curlen', related to 'curl' (to twist)


morpheme_key: curlew

morpheme: curlew

morpheme_head: curlew

affix_form: -curlew-

meaning_definition: curlew

example_words_list_1: curlew

example_words_corpus: curlews | curlewlike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: Middle English curleu, from Old French corlieu, from Vulgar Latin *curriculus, diminutive of Latin currere 'to run', referring to the bird's running gait.


morpheme_key: curlicue

morpheme: curlicue

morpheme_head: curlicue

affix_form: -curlicue-

meaning_definition: swirl | spiral | curl

example_words_list_1: ['curlicue']

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion

etymology: Likely an onomatopoeic formation or a diminutive of 'curl'


morpheme_key: curr

morpheme: curr

morpheme_head: curr

affix_form: curr-

meaning_definition: run | course

example_words_list_1: concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor

example_words_corpus: currs

categorical_group_list: Motion, Time, Flow


morpheme_key: currant

morpheme: currant

morpheme_head: currant

affix_form: -currant-

meaning_definition: small dried fruit | berry

example_words_list_1: currant, currants

example_words_corpus: curranty | currantlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: Old French 'courante' (running/current) or 'raisin de Corinthe'


morpheme_key: currency

morpheme: currency

morpheme_head: currency

affix_form: -currency-

meaning_definition: money | medium of exchange | tender

example_words_corpus: noncurrency | Eurocurrency | multicurrency | cybercurrency | cryptocurrency

categorical_group_list: Economy, Value, Trade

etymology: Latin 'cūra' care, concern + '-ency' state of being


morpheme_key: current

morpheme: current

morpheme_head: current

affix_form: -current-

meaning_definition: running | flowing | proceeding

example_words_list_1: current, currency, concurrent, excursion

example_words_corpus: currents | currently | uncurrent | upcurrent | noncurrent | discurrent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Flow


morpheme_key: currere

morpheme: currere

morpheme_head: currere

affix_form: -currere-

meaning_definition: to run | to move quickly

example_words_list_1: current, cursor, circuit, currant, occur

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Core concept

etymology: Latin verb currere 'to run'


morpheme_key: curriculum

morpheme: curriculum

morpheme_head: curriculum

affix_form: -curriculum-

allomorphs: curricula

meaning_definition: course | track | path

example_words_list_1: curricular, curricula, curricularly

categorical_group_list: Movement, Education


morpheme_key: curry

morpheme: curry

morpheme_head: curry

affix_form: -curry-

meaning_definition: curry (food) | to mix or stir

example_words_list_1: curry, curried, currying, curries

example_words_corpus: curryings | currycomb | currylike | currycombs | currycombed | currycombing

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary, Verb

etymology: From Tamil 'kari' meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice'; later adopted into English via Portuguese/Spanish trade routes.

ancestor_etymon_language: Tamil


morpheme_key: curs

morpheme: curs

morpheme_head: curs

affix_form: curs-

meaning_definition: move swiftly | path | the action of running

example_words_list_1: concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor | discursive | precursor | recursive Variant Spellings: corsair | corsair

related_morphemes: cor / cor, cour2 / cour, cours / cours, cur2 / cur

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: curs

etymology: Latin currere 'to run'

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


morpheme_key: curse

morpheme: curse

morpheme_head: curse

affix_form: -curse-

meaning_definition: to invoke harm | to maledict | an imprecation

example_words_list_1: cursed, cursing, curser

example_words_corpus: cursed | curses | curser | cursee | accurse | curseth

categorical_group_list: Malice, Magic, Harm

etymology: From Old French 'curse' (imprecation), derived from Latin 'maledictum' (curse) via the past participle 'maledictus' of 'maledicere' (to speak ill of).


morpheme_key: curt

morpheme: curt

morpheme_head: curt

affix_form: -curt-

sense_label: to cut short

meaning_definition: to shorten abruptly

example_words_list_1: curt, curtail, curtal, curtate

example_words_list_2: curt, curtail, curtal, curtate

example_words_corpus: curtly | curtness | curtnesses

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Dimension

etymology: Latin curtus 'short, stunted'


morpheme_key: curtail

morpheme: curtail

morpheme_head: curtail

affix_form: -curtail-

meaning_definition: to reduce | to cut short | to restrict

example_words_list_1: curtailment

example_words_corpus: curtails | curtailed | curtailer | curtailing | curtailers | curtaileth

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Limitation

etymology: Middle French 'courtault', from 'courter' (to shorten)


morpheme_key: curtiss

morpheme: curtiss

morpheme_head: curtiss

affix_form: -curtiss-

meaning_definition: short | brief

example_words_list_1: curt, curtail, curtness

categorical_group_list: Length, Time, Quality

etymology: Latin curtus "short, cut off"


morpheme_key: curtsey

morpheme: curtsey

morpheme_head: curtsey

affix_form: -curtsey-

meaning_definition: a low bow | a gesture of respect

example_words_list_1: curtsey

example_words_corpus: curtseys | curtseyed | curtseying | curtseyings

categorical_group_list: Gesture, Respect

etymology: Middle French 'courtesie' (courtesy)


morpheme_key: curtsy

morpheme: curtsy

morpheme_head: curtsy

affix_form: -curtsy-

meaning_definition: a deep bow | a gesture of respect

example_words_list_1: curtsy, curtsied, curtsying

example_words_corpus: curtsying | curtsyings

categorical_group_list: Gesture, Social etiquette


morpheme_key: curve

morpheme: curve

morpheme_head: curve

affix_form: -curve-

allomorphs: curv

meaning_definition: bend | arc | curved line

example_words_list_1: curvature, curved, curving

example_words_corpus: curved | incurve | recurve | upcurve | incurved | upcurved

etymology: Latin curvus 'bent, curved'


morpheme_key: cus

morpheme: cus

morpheme_head: cus

affix_form: -cus-

allomorphs: cuse

meaning_definition: origin | underlying intention | justification | purpose | instance | to accuse | legal dispute

example_words_list_1: accuse | accusation | because | causal | causative | cause | excuse | accusative | inexcusable | recusant

related_morphemes: caus / caus

categorical_group_list: Causality, Law, Logic

etymology: Latin causā 'for the sake of', ablative of causa 'cause, reason'


morpheme_key: cushion

morpheme: cushion

morpheme_head: cushion

affix_form: -cushion-

meaning_definition: soft | padding | buffer

example_words_list_1: cushion

example_words_corpus: cushions | cushiony | cushioned | pincushion | pincushions | cushionlike

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Softness

etymology: Middle French cushion, from Old French coussin


morpheme_key: cusp

morpheme: cusp

morpheme_head: cusp

affix_form: cusp-

sense_label: lance

meaning_definition: sharp projection | sharp end

example_words_list_1: bicuspid | bicuspidate | cusp | quadricuspid | tricuspid | cuspid | cuspidate | tricuspid unrelated: cuspidor

example_words_corpus: cusps | cuspy | cusper | cusped | cuspal | cuspers

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy, Weaponry

etymology: Latin cuspem (nominative cuspi) 'point, sharp end', from the root of cernere 'to separate, sift'


morpheme_key: cuspid

morpheme: cuspid

morpheme_head: cuspid

affix_form: cuspid-

meaning_definition: lance | point

example_words_list_1: bicuspid | bicuspidate | cusp | quadricuspid | tricuspid

example_words_list_2: bicuspid, bicuspidate, cusp, quadricuspid, tricuspid

example_words_corpus: cuspids | bicuspid | bicuspids | tricuspid | unicuspid | tricuspids

etymology: cuspis | cuspidis


morpheme_key: cuss

morpheme: cuss

morpheme_head: cuss

affix_form: -cuss-

meaning_definition: vibrate | to vibrate

example_words_list_1: concuss, discuss, percussion

example_words_corpus: cussy | cusser | cussed | cusses | cussing | cussers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: Latin 'cussus', past participle of 'quassare' (to shake), from 'quassus'


morpheme_key: custody

morpheme: custody

morpheme_head: custody

affix_form: -custody-

meaning_definition: guardianship | care | protection | imprisonment

example_words_list_1: custodial, custodian, custodial, custodianship

example_words_corpus: custodee | custodies | custodial | custodees | noncustodial

categorical_group_list: Control, Protection, Legal

etymology: Latin custos (genitive custodis) 'guardian, keeper'


morpheme_key: custom

morpheme: custom

morpheme_head: custom

affix_form: custom-

meaning_definition: adapt to | develop a routine around | standard procedure | conventional norm

example_words_list_1: accustomed | unaccustomed | customarily | customary | customer | customize | accustom | custom | customs Variant Spellings: costume | costume

example_words_corpus: customs | customly | customize | noncustom | customizes | customized

related_morphemes: suet / suet

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin consuetudo (habit, custom) from consuescere (to accustom), from com- (together) + suetus (past participle of consuescere, to accustom), from suescere (to get into the habit of), from suus (one's own). Note: The English word 'custom' is a free lexical item derived from Latin, not a productive affix.


morpheme_key: cut

morpheme: cut

morpheme_head: cut

affix_form: -cut

sense_label: cut, outline, shape

meaning_definition: cut, outline, shape

example_words_list_1: clean-cut, clear-cut, fresh-cut, low-cut, opencut, rough-cut, uncut, wide-cut

example_words_corpus: cuts | uncut | cutty | recut | incut | becut

categorical_group_list: Action, Shape, Modification

etymology: Old English cwittan 'to cut'


affix_form: -cut-

allomorphs: cuta | cuti

sense_label: hide

meaning_definition: hide | skin | shape

example_words_list_1: cuticle, cutaneous, subcutaneous

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: cutis

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: cutane

morpheme: cutane

morpheme_head: cutane

affix_form: cutane-

meaning_definition: skin

example_words_list_1: subcutaneous

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin cutis 'skin'


morpheme_key: cutaneous

morpheme: cutaneous

morpheme_head: cutaneous

affix_form: -cutaneous-

example_words_list_1: subcutaneous, subcutaneously

etymology: Latin cutaneus 'of the skin', from cutis 'skin'


morpheme_key: cute

morpheme: cute

morpheme_head: cute

affix_form: cute

meaning_definition: mentally sharp | perceptive | discerning

example_words_list_1: cutey | cuten | cutely | uncute | cuteys | noncute


morpheme_key: cuti

morpheme: cuti

morpheme_head: cuti

affix_form: -cuti-

sense_label: shake

meaning_definition: shake

example_words_list_1: excute, execute, execute

etymology: quatere


morpheme_key: cuticle

morpheme: cuticle

morpheme_head: cuticle

affix_form: -cuticle-

meaning_definition: outer layer | skin | covering

example_words_list_1: cuticle

example_words_corpus: cuticles | epicuticle | procuticle | exocuticle | subcuticle | endocuticle

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Surface

etymology: Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis 'skin'


morpheme_key: cutlass

morpheme: cutlass

morpheme_head: cutlass

affix_form: -cutlass-

meaning_definition: short curved sword

example_words_list_1: cutlass

example_words_corpus: cutlasses | cutlassfish | cutlassfishes

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Tool

etymology: Middle English cutlas, from cut + lass (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: cutler

morpheme: cutler

morpheme_head: cutler

affix_form: cutler

meaning_definition: a person who makes or sells cutlery | a tradesperson in the cutlery trade

example_words_list_1: cutlers

example_words_corpus: cutlers

etymology: Derived from Old French 'couteleur' (one who makes knives).


morpheme_key: cutlet

morpheme: cutlet

morpheme_head: cutlet

affix_form: -cutlet-

meaning_definition: a small piece of meat or vegetable | a breaded slice of meat

example_words_list_1: cutlet, chicken cutlet, pork cutlet

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: diminutive of 'côte' (rib/cut of meat)


morpheme_key: cuttle

morpheme: cuttle

morpheme_head: cuttle

affix_form: -cuttle-

meaning_definition: cephalopod mollusk | marine animal

example_words_list_1: cuttlefish, cuttle

example_words_corpus: cuttles | cuttlefish | cuttlebone | cuttlebones | cuttlefishes

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: From Middle English 'cutle', derived from Old French 'cotelle' or 'coustele', ultimately from Latin 'costa' meaning 'rib' or 'side', referring to the cuttlefish's internal shell (pen) which resembles a rib bone.


morpheme_key: cy

morpheme: cy

morpheme_head: cy

affix_form: -cy

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: circumstance | status or position tied to the initial component | activity | function | condition associated with

example_words_list_1: dependency, vacancy, agency, piracy

example_words_corpus: oracy | lunacy | inmacy | privacy | urgency | infancy

categorical_group_list: State, Condition, Abstract Noun

ancestor_etymon: -cia, -tia, -κ(ε)ια, -τ(ε)ια OED

etymology: From Latin -cia, -tia, from the suffix -icus (adjective forming) + -ia (noun forming), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-ti- (abstract noun forming) + *-ko- (adjective forming).

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin and Greek OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: cyan

morpheme: cyan

morpheme_head: cyan

affix_form: cyan

sense_label: dark blue

meaning_definition: deep blue | bluish | deep bluish-green | bluish-green

example_words_list_1: cyanotype, cyanosis, cyanide, cyanobacteria

example_words_corpus: cyans | cyanic | oocyan | cyanate | cyanean | œnocyan

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: κυάνεος (kuáneos)

etymology: from Greek kyanos 'dark blue pigment, lapis lazuli'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek

pronunciation: /saɪæno/

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: cyano

morpheme: cyan(o)

morpheme_head: cyan(o)

affix_form: cyan-

meaning_definition: blue | cyan

example_words_list_1: cyan, cyanic, cyanotype

example_words_corpus: cyanosis | cyanogen | cyanotype | cyanopsia | cyanogens | Cyanochen

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual

etymology: Greek kyanos 'dark blue stone, lapis lazuli'


morpheme_key: cyber

morpheme: cyber

morpheme_head: cyber

affix_form: cyber-

meaning_definition: cyber | to direct | to manage | to lead

example_words_list_1: cyberspace | cybernation | cybernetics | cyberpunk | cyberspace Variant Spellings: cyborg | cyborg

example_words_corpus: cybersex | cyberpet | cyberize | cyberwar | cyberlaw | cyberian

related_morphemes: govern / govern

etymology: Greek kybernetes "steersman, pilot"


morpheme_key: cybernetic

morpheme: cybernetic

morpheme_head: cybernetic

affix_form: -cybernetic-

meaning_definition: steering | governing | control | guidance

example_words_list_1: cybernetics, cyberneticist

categorical_group_list: Technology, Biology, Control

etymology: Greek kybernetikos 'pertaining to steering/governing'


morpheme_key: cybernetics

morpheme: cybernetics

morpheme_head: cybernetics

affix_form: -cybernetics-

meaning_definition: control | regulation | steering

example_words_list_1: cybernetic, cybernetics, cyberneticist

categorical_group_list: Technology, Control, Systems

etymology: Greek kybernetes 'steersman, pilot'


morpheme_key: cycl

morpheme: cycl

morpheme_head: cycl

affix_form: cycl-

sense_label: circle

meaning_definition: ring | disc

example_words_list_1: bicycle, cyclone, cycle, cyclic

example_words_corpus: cyclizine | cyclizines | chlorcyclizine | homochlorcyclizine

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion, Continuity

etymology: Greek kuklos 'circle'


morpheme_key: cyclades

morpheme: cyclades

morpheme_head: cyclades

affix_form: -cyclades-

meaning_definition: island | archipelago

example_words_list_1: Cycladic, Cyclades

categorical_group_list: Geography, Place name, Greek origin

etymology: Greek 'Kyklades' (the Cyclades islands), from 'kyklos' meaning 'circle' or 'ring', referring to the circular arrangement of the islands in the Aegean Sea.


morpheme_key: cyclamen

morpheme: cyclamen

morpheme_head: cyclamen

affix_form: -cyclamen-

meaning_definition: cyclamen flower

example_words_list_1: cyclamen

example_words_corpus: cyclamens

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Greek kyklamen (small circle)


morpheme_key: cycle

morpheme: cycle

morpheme_head: cycle

affix_form: -cycle-

meaning_definition: circle

example_words_list_1: bicycle, tricycle, cyclone, motorcycle

example_words_corpus: cycles | cycled | cycler | recycle | cyclers | cocycle

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Sequence

etymology: κύκλος (kúklos), κυκλικός (kuklikós)


morpheme_key: cycline

morpheme: cycline

morpheme_head: cycline

affix_form: -cycline

meaning_definition: circular | cyclic | ring-shaped

example_words_list_1: minocycline | demecycline | clomocycline | nitrocycline | etamocycline

categorical_group_list: Relation, Process

etymology: Greek kyklos 'wheel, circle'


morpheme_key: cyclo

morpheme: cyclo

morpheme_head: cyclo

affix_form: cyclo

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: closed loop | circular form | multiple loops

example_words_list_1: bicycle, cyclone, cycloartane, cyclopropane

example_words_corpus: cycloid | bicyclo | cyclosis | tricyclo | cyclomer | cycloids

ancestor_etymon: κύκλος (kúklos) | κύκλος  OED

etymology: κύκλος (kúklos) | κυκλικός (kuklikós) | Combining form of Greek κύκλος circle OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /saɪkloʊ/ (or /saɪklɒ/)


morpheme_key: cyclone

morpheme: cyclone

morpheme_head: cyclone

affix_form: -cyclone-

meaning_definition: whirlwind | rotating storm

example_words_list_1: cyclone, cyclical, cycle, cyclorama, pericycle

example_words_corpus: cyclones | mesocyclone | anticyclone | cyclonelike | anticyclones | mesocyclones

categorical_group_list: Nature, Motion


morpheme_key: cyclopean

morpheme: cyclopean

morpheme_head: cyclopean

affix_form: -cyclopean-

meaning_definition: resembling | pertaining to | characterized by

example_words_list_1: cyclopean, cyclopean architecture, cyclopean masonry

categorical_group_list: Size, Mythology, Vision

etymology: Greek kyklops 'circle-eyed' + -ean suffix


morpheme_key: cyclops

morpheme: cyclops

morpheme_head: cyclops

affix_form: -cyclops-

meaning_definition: one-eyed | single-eyed

example_words_list_1: cyclopean, cyclopean, cyclopic

example_words_corpus: Cyclopoida

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Mythology

etymology: Greek kyklops, from kyklos 'circle'


morpheme_key: cyclos

morpheme: cyclos

morpheme_head: cyclos

affix_form: cycle

meaning_definition: circular form | rotating disc

example_words_list_1: bicycle, cyclorama

example_words_list_2: bicycle, cyclorama

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion, Geometry

ancestor_etymon: cycl

etymology: Greek kyklos "wheel, circle"


morpheme_key: cyclotron

morpheme: cyclotron

morpheme_head: cyclotron

affix_form: -cyclotron-

meaning_definition: circle | cycle | rotating

example_words_list_1: cyclotron, cyclone, cyclorama

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Geometry

etymology: Greek kyklos 'circle, wheel'


morpheme_key: cylinder

morpheme: cylinder

morpheme_head: cylinder

affix_form: -cylinder-

meaning_definition: solid geometric shape | tube-like object

example_words_list_1: cylindrical, cylinder

example_words_corpus: cylinders | cylindered | bicylinder | noncylinder | subcylinder | tricylinder

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

etymology: Greek skylindros 'cylinder'


morpheme_key: cylindr

morpheme: cylindr

morpheme_head: cylindr

affix_form: cylindr-

allomorphs: cylindro

meaning_definition: roll

example_words_list_1: cylinder, cylindric, cylindroid, cylindroma, pseudocylindric

etymology: κυλίνδειν (kulíndein), κύλινδρος (kúlindros)


morpheme_key: cym

morpheme: cym

morpheme_head: cym

affix_form: -cym-

meaning_definition: an undulation

example_words_list_1: cyma, cymatium, cyme, cymograph, cymoid, cymophane, cymose

categorical_group_list: Motion, Nature

etymology: Greek kuma 'wave'


morpheme_key: cymb

morpheme: cymb

morpheme_head: cymb

affix_form: -cymb-

meaning_definition: vessel | concave portion of a container

example_words_list_1: cymbal, cymbalom, cymbidium

example_words_list_2: cymbal, cymbalom, cymbidium

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Container, Shape

etymology: From Greek kymbē 'boat, hollow vessel'


morpheme_key: cymbal

morpheme: cymbal

morpheme_head: cymbal

affix_form: -cymbal-

meaning_definition: percussion instrument | metallic disc

example_words_list_1: cymbal

example_words_corpus: cymbals | cymbalist | cymbalists

categorical_group_list: Music, Instrument

etymology: Greek kymbalon 'cymbal'


morpheme_key: cyn

morpheme: cyn

morpheme_head: cyn

affix_form: cyn

allomorphs: cyno

meaning_definition: canine | canine or creatures with similar traits

example_words_list_1: cynic, cynicism, cynology

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific | Animal

ancestor_etymon: κύων (kúon)

etymology: κύων | κυνός (kúōn | kunós) | Greek kyprinos : carp | Greek kyōn : hound

pronunciation: /saɪn/, /saɪɒn/


morpheme_key: cynic

morpheme: cynic

morpheme_head: cynic

affix_form: -cynic-

allomorphs: cynicus

meaning_definition: distrustful | skeptical | contemptuous

example_words_list_1: cynic, cynicism, cynical

example_words_corpus: cynics | cynical | Cynical | Cynicism | cynicism | cynically

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Skepticism

etymology: Greek kynikos 'dog-like', from kyon 'dog'


morpheme_key: cynosure

morpheme: cynosure

morpheme_head: cynosure

affix_form: -cynosure-

meaning_definition: center of attention | focal point

example_words_list_1: ['cynosure']

example_words_corpus: cynosures

categorical_group_list: Focus, Center

etymology: Greek kynos oura 'dog's tail'


morpheme_key: cypho

morpheme: cyph(o)

morpheme_head: cyph(o)

affix_form: cyph-

meaning_definition: bent | curved | hunched

example_words_list_1: cyphosis

example_words_list_2: cyphosis

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physicality

etymology: Greek κυφός (kuphós), bent, hunchback


morpheme_key: cypress

morpheme: cypress

morpheme_head: cypress

affix_form: -cypress-

meaning_definition: cypress tree | evergreen

example_words_list_1: cypress, cypresses

example_words_corpus: cypresses

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Greek kyparissos


morpheme_key: cyprian

morpheme: cyprian

morpheme_head: cyprian

affix_form: -cyprian-

meaning_definition: of or from Cyprus

example_words_list_1: Cyprian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Adjectival, Geographic

etymology: From Latin Cyprius, from Greek Kyprios, from Kypros (Cyprus)


morpheme_key: cyprin

morpheme: cyprin

morpheme_head: cyprin

affix_form: -cyprin-

meaning_definition: a fish in the carp family

example_words_list_1: cyprinodont, cyprinoid

example_words_list_2: cyprinodont, cyprinoid

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: From Latin 'cyprinus' meaning 'of Cyprus', referring to the carp native to the island of Cyprus.


morpheme_key: cypriot

morpheme: cypriot

morpheme_head: cypriot

affix_form: -cypriot-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Cyprus

example_words_list_1: Cypriot, Cypriote

categorical_group_list: Geography, Demonym, Adjective


morpheme_key: cyprus

morpheme: cyprus

morpheme_head: cyprus

affix_form: -cyprus-

meaning_definition: Cyprus

example_words_corpus: Cypriot | Cypriotness

categorical_group_list: Geography, Place name, Proper noun

etymology: From Greek Kypros, the name of the island, possibly of pre-Greek origin.


morpheme_key: cyst

morpheme: cyst

morpheme_head: cyst

affix_form: cyst-

sense_label: capsule

meaning_definition: enclosed structure | expandable compartment | membrane-bound cavity | reservoir | abnormal growth

example_words_list_1: cysteine | cystic | cysticercus | cystine | cystolith | cystoma | oocyst | polycystic | blastocyst | nematocyst | otocyst | pyocyst | statocyst | cystinuria | cystitis | cystocarp | cystocele | cystoid | cyst | cystectomy | cystoscope | cystotomy | encyst | pneumocystis | sporocyst

example_words_corpus: cysts | cystic | encyst | oocyst | cysted | decyst

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Container

etymology: κύστις (kústis) | Greek kystis : sac | bladder


morpheme_key: cysto

morpheme: cysto

morpheme_head: cysto

affix_form: cysto-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: bladder | cyst | sac

example_words_list_1: cysteine | cystic | cysticercus | cystine | cystolith | cystoma | oocyst | polycystic | blastocyst | nematocyst | otocyst | pyocyst | statocyst | cystinuria | cystitis | cystocarp | cystocele | cystoid | cystotomy | cystometry | cystoscopy | cystopyelitis

example_words_corpus: cystoma | cystocele | cystotomy | cystotome | cystolith | cystocarp

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

ancestor_etymon: κύστη  OED

etymology: κύστις (kústis) | Greek κύστις (kústis) | bladder | cyst | combining form of Greek κύστη = κύστις bladder | cyst OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: cyto

morpheme: cyto

morpheme_head: cyto

affix_form: -cyto-

allomorphs: cyt | cyte

sense_label: cell

meaning_definition: cell | cellular

example_words_list_1: cytoplasm, cytology, cytotoxic

example_words_corpus: cyton | cytons | cytoma | cytosol | cytosis | cytomas

categorical_group_list: Biology, Life Science

etymology: Greek kytos "hollow vessel, cell"


morpheme_key: czar

morpheme: czar

morpheme_head: czar

affix_form: -czar-

meaning_definition: emperor | monarch | ruler

example_words_list_1: czar

example_words_corpus: czars | czaric | czarist | czarate | czarish | czarship

categorical_group_list: Title, Authority, Governance

etymology: From Old Church Slavonic 'kŭnezi' (prince), derived from Proto-Slavic 'kъnędzь', ultimately from Proto-Germanic 'kuningaz' (king), cognate with English 'king'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Slavic


morpheme_key: czech

morpheme: czech

morpheme_head: Czecho

affix_form: -czech-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the Czech people, language, or country

example_words_list_1: Czech, Czechia

example_words_corpus: Czechic | Czechish | Czechian | Czechlish | Czechness | Czechland

categorical_group_list: Nationality, Ethnonym

etymology: From the endonym 'Čech'

ancestor_etymon_language: Czech


morpheme_key: da

morpheme: da

morpheme_head: da

affix_form: da-

sense_label: learn

meaning_definition: learn | teach

example_words_list_1: autodidact | Didache | didact | didactic | didacticism

example_words_corpus: dasein

categorical_group_list: Education, Cognition

etymology: δάω


morpheme_key: dab

morpheme: dab

morpheme_head: dab

affix_form: -dab-

meaning_definition: to touch lightly | to tap | to strike briefly

example_words_list_1: dab, dabbing, dabbed

example_words_corpus: dabs | dabble | dabber | dabbed | dabster | dabbled

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical contact

etymology: Middle English dabben, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: dacha

morpheme: dacha

morpheme_head: dacha

affix_form: -dacha-

meaning_definition: seasonal | country | garden | house

example_words_list_1: dacha, dachnik, dachny

example_words_corpus: dachas

categorical_group_list: Location, Dwelling

etymology: Russian dacha (from dacha, originally from dacha/dacha)

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: dacoit

morpheme: dacoit

morpheme_head: dacoit

affix_form: -dacoit-

meaning_definition: bandit | robber | highwayman

example_words_list_1: dacoit

example_words_corpus: dacoits | dacoity | dacoities | dacoitage

categorical_group_list: Criminality, Person

etymology: Hindi/Sanskrit origin (via English adoption)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hindi


morpheme_key: dacryo

morpheme: dacryo

morpheme_head: dacry

affix_form: dacryo-

allomorphs: dacryo

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to tears

example_words_list_1: dacryoadenitis | dacryocystitis

example_words_list_2: dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis

example_words_corpus: dacryolith | dacryocyst | dacryocele | dacryoliths | dacryoceles | dacryocystitis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Bodily fluids

etymology: Greek δάκρυ, tear

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: dactyl

morpheme: dactyl

morpheme_head: dactyl

affix_form: dactyl-

allomorphs: dactylo | dactylous

sense_label: digit

meaning_definition: a single finger or toe | finger | toe

example_words_list_1: anisodactyly | antidactylus | arachnodactyly | artiodactyl | brachydactyly | clinodactyly | dactyl | dactylic | dactylology | dactylomancy | dactylomegaly | dactylus | dactyly | date | didactyly | ectrodactyly | heterodactylous | heterodactyly | leptodactylous | monodactyly | oligodactyly | pamprodactyly | pentadactyl | pentadactylous | pentadactyly | perissodactyl | polydactyly | pterodactyl | schizodactyly | syndactylous | syndactyly | tetradactylous | tetradactyly | tridactyly | zygodactyly | adactylous | dactylogram | dactylography | syndactyl | zygodactyl Variant Spellings: date (fruit) | date (fruit)

example_words_corpus: dactyly | didactyl | dactylic | dactylar | adactyly | dactylics

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: δάκτυλος (dáktulos) | Greek daktylos : finger


morpheme_key: dad

morpheme: dad

morpheme_head: dad

affix_form: -dad-

meaning_definition: father

example_words_list_1: dad

example_words_corpus: dads | daddy | dadly | biodad | dadbod | stepdad

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Person

etymology: Middle English 'dad', likely imitative of infant speech

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: dado

morpheme: dado

morpheme_head: dado

affix_form: -dado-

meaning_definition: die | dice

example_words_list_1: dado, dados, dicing

example_words_corpus: dados | dadoes | dadoed | dadoing

categorical_group_list: Gambling, Objects, Chance

etymology: Latin 'dado' (variant of 'datum'), from 'edere' meaning 'to give' or 'to throw' (as in dice)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: daemon

morpheme: daemon

morpheme_head: daemon

affix_form: -daemon-

meaning_definition: spirit | divine power | supernatural being

example_words_list_1: daemon, daemonic, pandemic

example_words_corpus: daemons

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Divinity

etymology: Greek daimōn 'spirit, deity'


morpheme_key: daffodil

morpheme: daffodil

morpheme_head: daffodil

affix_form: -daffodil-

meaning_definition: a type of spring-flowering bulbous plant

example_words_list_1: ['daffodil']

example_words_corpus: daffodils

categorical_group_list: Flora, Plant

etymology: Middle English daffodil


morpheme_key: daft

morpheme: daft

morpheme_head: daft

affix_form: -daft-

meaning_definition: silly | foolish | insane

example_words_list_1: daft

example_words_corpus: dafty | daftly | daftie | daften | dafties | daftness

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Mental state

etymology: Old English daft "foolish, simple"

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: dagger

morpheme: dagger

morpheme_head: dagger

affix_form: -dagger-

meaning_definition: a short pointed weapon for stabbing or thrusting

example_words_list_1: dagger

example_words_corpus: daggers | daggerman | daggerlike | daggerless | daggerboard | daggerpoint

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Tool

etymology: Old French 'dague' (stiletto, dagger)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: daguerreo

morpheme: daguerreo

morpheme_head: daguerreo

affix_form: -daguerreo-

meaning_definition: related to photography | daguerreotype process

example_words_list_1: daguerreotype, daguerrean

categorical_group_list: Art, Technology, Photography

etymology: named after Louis Daguerre

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: dai

morpheme: dai

morpheme_head: dai

affix_form: dai-

meaning_definition: Great, powerful, mighty

example_words_list_1: daikatana | daimyo | daisuke

example_words_list_2: daikatana | daimyo | daisuke

example_words_corpus: dais | daises

categorical_group_list: Aggrander

ancestor_etymon: dai

etymology: Japanese dai (大) meaning 'big, great', derived from Chinese 大 (dà)

ancestor_etymon_language: Sino-Japanese


morpheme_key: dain

morpheme: dain

morpheme_head: dain

affix_form: dain-

sense_label: suitable, worthy

meaning_definition: suitable, worthy

example_words_list_1: decent, decorate, dignity, dainty, disdain, dignitary, indignant

categorical_group_list: Value, Quality

etymology: Latin dignus 'worthy, fit'


morpheme_key: dainty

morpheme: dainty

morpheme_head: dainty

affix_form: -dainty-

meaning_definition: delicate | small | elegant

example_words_list_1: daintily, daintiness, daintiest

example_words_corpus: undainty | superdainty

categorical_group_list: Size, Quality, Texture

etymology: Old French 'dainte' (delicacy)


morpheme_key: daisy

morpheme: daisy

morpheme_head: daisy

affix_form: -daisy-

meaning_definition: day's eye | flower

example_words_list_1: daisy

example_words_corpus: daisylike

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: Old English dægesēage 'day's eye'


morpheme_key: dakota

morpheme: dakota

morpheme_head: dakota

affix_form: -dakota-

meaning_definition: friend | ally | companion

example_words_list_1: Dakota

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Identity, People

etymology: From Dakota/Sioux word 'dakhóta'

ancestor_etymon_language: Siouan


morpheme_key: dale

morpheme: dale

morpheme_head: dale

affix_form: -dale

sense_label: valley

meaning_definition: valley | hollow

example_words_list_1: dale, glendale, valleydale

example_words_corpus: dales | daled | daleds | rundale | dalesman | Airedale

categorical_group_list: Topography, Nature

etymology: Old English dæl 'valley, part'