Word: barbedness
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bar
bed
ness
Definition: The quality of being barbed; having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Morphemes:
Affix: barb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.
Affix: -ness
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective); the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -atjaną
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -atjana
Meaning: -atjaną
Affix: -þuz
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -thuz
Meaning: -þuz