Word: clowning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: clow
ning
Definition: Clownish behaviour.
Morphemes:
Affix: clown
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who acts in a silly fashion.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: colō
Language: la
Decoded: colo
Meaning: cultivate, till
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms masculine agent nouns, positive and especially negative nicknames and other designations, especially in colloquial language.
Affix: -us
Language: la
Decoded: -us
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs, adverbs, and combinations thereof, alike
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.