Word: soulscots
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: soul
scots
Definition: Plural of soulscot. A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.
Morphemes:
Affix: soul
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
Affix: scot
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.