Word: metafiction
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
fic
tion
Definition: A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Having analogies with metaphysics.
Affix: fiction
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fingō
Language: la
Decoded: fingo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
Affix: -tiō
Language: la
Decoded: -tio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to a verb (usually a participle form) to form a noun relating to some action or the result of an action.