Word: cometary
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: com
et
ar
y
Definition: relating to comets; a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Morphemes:
Affix: comet
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κομήτης
Language: grc
Decoded: kometes
Meaning: longhaired
Affix: -ary
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.