Word: nonwedlock
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
wed
lock
Definition: Not in wedlock; the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: we
Language: en
PoS: Pronoun
Meaning: A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
Affix: -lock
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Action or proceeding, practice, ritual