Word: wimples
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wim
ples
Definition: Plural of wimple; headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
Morphemes:
Affix: wimple
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: wympel
Language: enm
Decoded: wympel
Meaning: a veil, cover, hood
Affix: -en
Language: enm
Decoded: -en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Attached to a noun that denotes a material to form an adjective describing something as made of that material.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).