Word: irreceptive
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: ir
re
cep
tive
Definition: Not receiving; incapable of receiving.
Morphemes:
Affix: in-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Added to adjectives to mean not
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: not
Affix: receptive
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Capable of receiving something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: receptus
Language: la
Decoded: receptus
Meaning: retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received
Affix: -īvus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
Meaning: suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’