Word: mansplaining
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mans
plai
ning
Definition: The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener, in order to appear knowledgeable, or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
Morphemes:
Affix: man
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
Affix: explain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make something plain or intelligible.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
Meaning: out
Affix: planō
Language: la
Decoded: plano
Meaning: I flatten, make level
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.