Word: rigidity
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ri
gid
i
ty
Definition: stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
Morphemes:
Affix: rigid
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Fixed, rather than moving.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rigeō
Language: la
Decoded: rigeo
Meaning: I am stiff
Affix: -idus
Language: la
Decoded: -idus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: tending to
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"