Word: expurgated
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: e
xpur
ga
ted
Definition: Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
Morphemes:
Affix: expurgate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: expurgātus
Language: la
Decoded: expurgatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: purged, cleansed, purified, expurgated
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.