Word: genericness
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ge
ner
ic
ness
Definition: In United States trademark law, the characteristic of a trademark being generic, and therefore unregistrable.
Morphemes:
Affix: generic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A product sold under a generic name.
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: -ness
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -atjaną
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -atjana
Meaning: -atjaną
Affix: -þuz
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -thuz
Meaning: -þuz