Definition of Suffixation

1. Noun. Formation of a word by means of a suffix.

Generic synonyms: Affixation
Derivative terms: Suffix

Definition of Suffixation

1. Noun. The process of adding a suffix to a word. ¹

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Definition of Suffixation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffixation

sufficiences
sufficiencie
sufficiencies
sufficiency
sufficient
sufficient condition
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
sufficiently
sufficing
sufficingness
suffix
suffix notation
suffix tree
suffixable
suffixal
suffixation (current term)
suffixations
suffixed
suffixes
suffixhood
suffixing
suffixion
suffixions
suffixive
suffixless
suffixlike
suffixoid
suffixoids
sufflaminate
sufflaminated

Literary usage of Suffixation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"In the numerous languages which exhibit a mixture of prefixation and suffixation it is found that the latter process is chiefly employed in the case of the ..."

2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1884)
"Je ne connais pas de langue américaine dans laquelle les pronoms personnels isolés soient formés par la suffixation de particules pronominales à des thèmes ..."

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