Word: genteelize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: gen
tee
lize
Definition: To make genteel; marked by refinement in taste and manners
Morphemes:
Affix: genteel
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gens
Language: la
Decoded: gens
PoS: Noun
Meaning: gentile, Gentile
Affix: -ilis
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: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective