Word: Burkism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bur
kism
Definition: Murder for the purpose of selling the body for dissection.
Morphemes:
Affix: Burke
Language: en
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ for someone who lived in a fortified place.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ise or -ize.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.