Word: underpaintings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
pain
tings
Definition: Plural of underpainting. An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: paint
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pingō
Language: la
Decoded: pingo
Meaning: to paint
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).