Word: anticomplementary
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: an
ti
com
ple
men
tar
y
Definition: antimedial. Being a triangle formed by three lines parallel to the sides of an original triangle ABC: the parallel to AB through C, the parallel to AC through B, and the parallel to BC through A.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: complement
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: pleō
Language: la
Decoded: pleo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill".
Affix: -mentum
Language: la
Decoded: -mentum
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum
Affix: -ary
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.