Word: nonbuoyant
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
buoy
ant
Definition: Not buoyant; tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: buoy
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: boia
Language: la
Decoded: boia
Meaning: a collar, band, fetter
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.