Word: schistous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: schis
tous
Definition: Schistose; a medium-grade metamorphic rock formed from mudstone or shale
Morphemes:
Affix: schist
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: schistos lapis
Language: la
Decoded: schistos lapis
Meaning: the stone that is easy to split
Affix: -ous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. or example sulphuric acid (H2SO4) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H2SO3). See Inorganic nomenclature.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: full, full of