Word: furuncles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fu
run
cles
Definition: Plural of furuncle; a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
Morphemes:
Affix: furuncle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fūr
Language: la
Decoded: fur
Meaning: a thief
Affix: -unculus
Language: la
Decoded: -unculus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns, ultimately an extended form of -lus.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).