Word: scintillated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: scin
ti
lla
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of scintillate; physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
Morphemes:
Affix: scintillate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: scintillatus
Language: la
Decoded: scintillatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: sparkled
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.