Word: decivilized
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
ci
vi
lized
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of decivilize. To make less civilized.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: civil
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cīvis
Language: la
Decoded: civis
Meaning: citizen
Affix: -īlis
Language: la
Decoded: -ilis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ile; used to form an adjective noun of relation, frequently passive, to the verb or root.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.