Word: ostracizes
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
stra
ci
zes
Definition: Third-person singular of ostracize; expel from a community or group
Morphemes:
Affix: ostracize
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄστρᾰκον
Language: grc
Decoded: ostrakon
Meaning: earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd
Affix: -ῐ́ζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: suffix forming verbs
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs