Word: backness
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: back
ness
Definition: Quality of being a back vowel.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
Affix: -ness
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -atjaną
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -atjana
Meaning: -atjaną
Affix: -þuz
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -thuz
Meaning: -þuz