Word: temptress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tempt
ress
Definition: An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.
Morphemes:
Affix: tempt
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To attract; to allure.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tendō
Language: la
Decoded: tendo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction.
Affix: -tō
Language: la
Decoded: -to
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs.
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension