Word: bastardize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: bas
tard
ize
Definition: To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
Morphemes:
Affix: bast
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
Affix: -ard
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ard
Language: fro
Decoded: -ard
Meaning: suffix
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective