Word: contradistinguished
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: con
tra
di
stin
guished
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish; distinguish by contrasting qualities
Morphemes:
Affix: contra-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: against
Etymology Compounds: Affix: contra
Language: la
Decoded: contra
Meaning: against
Affix: distinguish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make to differ.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
Meaning: apart
Affix: stinguere
Language: la
Decoded: stinguere
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I put out, extinguish.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.