Word: tenderloin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ten
der
loin
Definition: A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.
Morphemes:
Affix: tend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tendere
Language: la
Decoded: tendere
Meaning: to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
Affix: loin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lumbus
Language: la
Decoded: lumbus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: lumbar