Word: metemptosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: met
emp
to
sis
Definition: The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years.
Morphemes:
Affix: metemptosis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μετά
Language: grc
Decoded: meta
Meaning: beyond
Affix: ἐν
Language: grc
Decoded: en
Meaning: in
Affix: πίπτω
Language: grc
Decoded: pipto
Meaning: to fall
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive