Word: pestilence
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pes
ti
lence
Definition: Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
Morphemes:
Affix: pestilence
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pestis
Language: la
Decoded: pestis
Meaning: disease, plague
Affix: -ilentus
Language: la
Decoded: -ilentus
Meaning: full of, abounding in
Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.