Word: malware
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mal
ware
Definition: Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
Morphemes:
Affix: malicious
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: spiteful and deliberately harmful
Etymology Compounds: Affix: malus
Language: la
Decoded: malus
Meaning: bad, evil
Affix: -itia
Language: la
Decoded: -itia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.
Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.
Affix: soft
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Emulated with software; not physically real.
Affix: -ware
Language: en
Meaning: substance, kind, or use