Word: emasculative
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: e
mas
cu
la
tive
Definition: Tending to emasculate.
Morphemes:
Affix: emasculate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ē-
Language: la
Decoded: e-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: denoting privation
Affix: mās
Language: la
Decoded: mas
Meaning: male, man
Affix: -culus
Language: la
Decoded: -culus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: alternative form of "-ulus"; added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: suffix forming verbs
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.