Word: preindictment
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: prein
dict
ment
Definition: Before indictment.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: indict
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: un-, non-, not
Affix: dictō
Language: la
Decoded: dicto
PoS: Noun
Meaning: saying, epithet
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.