Word: murderous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mur
der
ous
Definition: Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
Morphemes:
Affix: murder
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
Affix: -ous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: full, full of