Word: frittering
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: fri
tter
ing
Definition: Present participle of fritter; spend frivolously and unwisely
Morphemes:
Affix: fritter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: frit
Language: fr
Decoded: frit
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: fried
Affix: -ure
Language: fr
Decoded: -ure
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns describing the result of an action.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.