Word: castratism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
stra
ti
sm
Definition: The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.
Morphemes:
Affix: castrate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A castrated man; a eunuch.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: castrātus
Language: la
Decoded: castratus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: eunuch
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.