Word: painstaking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pains
tak
ing
Definition: The application of careful and attentive effort.
Morphemes:
Affix: pain
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: poena
Language: la
Decoded: poena
Meaning: punishment, pain
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in the formation of certain English adverbs.
Affix: take
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: take
Language: en
Decoded: take
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Decoded: -en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix meaning "pertaining to; having the qualities of; resembling; like".
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.