Word: saintess
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: saint
ess
Definition: A female saint.
Morphemes:
Affix: saint
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
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