Word: genericism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ge
ner
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ci
sm
Definition: the state of being generic; a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
Morphemes:
Affix: generic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: genus
Language: la
Decoded: genus
Meaning: genus, kind
Affix: -ic
Language: en
Decoded: -ic
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of conditions or syndromes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.