Word: rudeboys
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: rude
boys
Definition: Plural of rudeboy. A male juvenile delinquent, originally in Jamaica in the 1960s.
Morphemes:
Affix: rude
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rudis
Language: la
Decoded: rudis
Meaning: rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled
Affix: boy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.