Word: polymethines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: po
ly
me
thines
Definition: Plural of polymethine. A compound made up from an odd number of methine groups bound together by alternating single and double bonds.
Morphemes:
Affix: poly-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: polymer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πολύς
Language: grc
Decoded: polus
Meaning: many, much
Affix: methine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).