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Definition of Confix
1. v. t. To fix; to fasten.
Definition of Confix
1. Noun. (linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confix
1. to fix firmly [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confix
Literary usage of Confix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1806)
"CHAP, could not be executed without the union and confix, sent of the multitude.
The stile of the Roman • —' senate and people was revived *, but the spirit ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Baron John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1837)
"... the Defendant Charles confix*, for his absolute use; and he appointed the
Defendants John Mackay, Charles Campbell, and John Home How his executors, ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"We may recognize the same " confix " — for this seems to me a convenient term
for a suffix developed from a wider application of what was once a compounding ..."
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