Word: backtalk
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
talk
Definition: To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Adverb
Meaning: In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Affix: tell
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To convey by speech; to say.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: telle
Language: en
Decoded: telle
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: feminine singular of tel.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Decoded: -en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the infinitive of verbs.
Affix: -k
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix found in words of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.