Word: tormentress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tor
ment
ress
Definition: A female tormentor; a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
Morphemes:
Affix: torment
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tormentum
Language: la
Decoded: tormentum
Meaning: something operated by twisting
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension