Word: bewailment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
wail
ment
Definition: The act of bewailing; regret strongly
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
Meaning: over, about
Affix: wail
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.