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Definition of Affixation
1. Noun. The result of adding an affix to a root word.
Derivative terms: Affix
2. Noun. Formation of a word by means of an affix.
3. Noun. The act of attaching or affixing something.
Generic synonyms: Combination, Combining, Compounding
Specialized synonyms: Graft, Grafting
Derivative terms: Affix, Attach
Definition of Affixation
1. Noun. The addition of an affix to a word ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affixation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affixation
Literary usage of Affixation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Obstetrics, the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1867)
"Conception is the affixation of a fecundated ovum upon the living surface of the
mother; it is the formation of an attachment to or union with the womb, ..."
2. Trade Marks, Trade Names for the Businessman. by Thomson Gale (Firm), Munn & Co. (New York, N.Y.), N.Y. Munn & Co. (New York (1912)
"It is an essential of trade-mark validity that the mark be affixation affixed to
the goods. A device, or word, or phrase, or picture that is used only in ..."
3. Celtic Studies: from the German of Dr. Hermann Ebel: With an Introduction on by Hermann Wilhelm Ebel, William Kirby Sullivan (1863)
"affixation of a whole syllable, accompanied by nasalization, of which we can only
find examples in the Greek, eg, re, va, root Sa/u, stem Sa/iva, ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"affixation. Somewhat different from sound variation is the plus or minus of ...
This kind of word variation is called affixation, the phonetic element that ..."
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