Word: painsticks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pain
sticks
Definition: Plural of painstick. A weapon consisting of a baton capable of delivering a jolt of pain on contact with the body.
Morphemes:
Affix: pain
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: poena
Language: la
Decoded: poena
Meaning: punishment, pain
Affix: stick
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stikke
Language: enm
Decoded: stikke
Meaning: stick, rod, twig
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).