Word: mansplaining
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mans
plai
ning
Definition: Present participle of mansplain. To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.
Morphemes:
Affix: man
Language: en
PoS: Interjection
Meaning: Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
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 present participles of verbs.