Word: scotophasic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: sco
to
pha
sic
Definition: Relating to the scotophase. The dark phase in a cycle of light and darkness, especially artificially induced.
Morphemes:
Affix: scoto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: darkness
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκότος
Language: grc
Decoded: skotos
Meaning: darkness
Affix: phase
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to