Word: benightment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
night
ment
Definition: The state or condition of being benighted; envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: All around; about; abundantly; all over.
Affix: night
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.