Word: hornswoggle
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: horn
swog
gle
Definition: To deceive or trick.
Morphemes:
Affix: horn
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cuckold; a man whose wife committed adultery
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs
Affix: wag
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the meaning of "prone to; tending to; apt to; capable of"; compare -ative.