Word: besmirched
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: bes
mirched
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of besmirch; smear so as to make dirty or stained
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Forming verbs derived from nouns or adjectives, usually with the sense of "to make, become, or cause to be".
Affix: smirch
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To dirty; to make dirty.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: morsus
Language: la
Decoded: morsus
Meaning: bitten
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.