Word: famishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fam
ish
ment
Definition: Starvation; the fact or process of being famished.
Morphemes:
Affix: famish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: afamer
Language: fro
Decoded: afamer
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to starve; to deprive of nourishment
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.