Word: engrossing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
gro
ssing
Definition: The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.
Morphemes:
Affix: engross
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: un-, non-, not
Affix: grossus
Language: la
Decoded: grossus
Meaning: great, big, thick
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.