Word: poorhouses
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: poor
hou
ses
Definition: Plural of poorhouse; an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
Morphemes:
Affix: poor
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: un-
Language: ang
Decoded: un-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: negation or absence of: un-, non-
Affix: weliġ
Language: ang
Decoded: welig
Meaning: well-to-do, prosperous, rich
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A workhouse; a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).