Word: benightings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
nigh
tings
Definition: Plural of benighting; envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: All around; about; abundantly; all over.
Affix: night
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).