Word: murderous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mur
der
ous
Definition: Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
Morphemes:
Affix: murder
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.
Affix: -ous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: full, full of