Word: sluicing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: slui
cing
Definition: A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why".
Morphemes:
Affix: sluice
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: exclūsus
Language: la
Decoded: exclusus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: prevented
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of