Word: metaword
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
word
Definition: A word, such as a search keyword or dictionary headword, that stands for itself as a word rather than having a meaning and a context.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
Affix: word
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something like such a unit of language.