Word: gracilizing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: gra
ci
li
zing
Definition: Present participle of gracilize. To exhibit a reduction in bone mass due to the process of evolution.
Morphemes:
Affix: gracile
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of a hominid: having a slender body frame.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gracilis
Language: la
Decoded: gracilis
Meaning: slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.