Associations to the word «Morpheme»

Wiktionary

MORPHEME, noun. (linguistic morphology) A smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

Dictionary definition

MORPHEME, noun. Minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King