Word: malignant
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ma
lig
nant
Definition: A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
Morphemes:
Affix: malign
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Malevolent; wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
Etymology Compounds: Affix: malus
Language: la
Decoded: malus
Meaning: bad
Affix: genus
Language: la
Decoded: genus
Meaning: sort, kind
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.