Word: Whiggery
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: whi
gger
y
Definition: Support for whiggish attitudes.
Morphemes:
Affix: whig
Language: en
Meaning: to drive
Affix: mare
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
Affix: -ery
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.