Word: duppie
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: du
ppie
Definition: An urban professional suffering from depression, especially one who has lost a high-paying job and been forced to take up lower-paying work.
Morphemes:
Affix: depress
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
Meaning: off, away, down, out
Affix: premō
Language: la
Decoded: premo
Meaning: to press
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.
Affix: yuppie
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.