Word: telling
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: tell
ing
Definition: Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
Morphemes:
Affix: tell
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: telle
Language: en
Decoded: telle
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: feminine singular of tel.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Decoded: -en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the infinitive of verbs.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of