Word: nonmuricidal
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
mur
i
ci
dal
Definition: Not muricidal. Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.
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: muricide
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: mouse-killing in rats.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mūs
Language: la
Decoded: mus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: mouse, rat
Affix: -icide
Language: en
Decoded: -icide
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Alternative form of -cide. In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix -cide
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.