Word: schistaceous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: schis
ta
ceous
Definition: Of a slate colour.
Morphemes:
Affix: schist
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: schistos lapis
Language: la
Decoded: schistos lapis
Meaning: the stone that is easy to split
Affix: -aceous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of, relating to, resembling or containing the thing suffixed
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āx
Language: la
Decoded: -ax
Meaning: inclined to
Affix: -eus
Language: la
Decoded: -eus
Meaning: suffix indicating origin