postfix

American  

[pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks] / poʊstˈfɪks, ˈpoʊst fɪks, ˈpoʊst fɪks /

verb (used with object)

1. to affix at the end of something; append; suffix.

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noun

1. something postfixed.

2. a suffix.

postfix British  

verb

1. (tr) to add or append at the end of something; suffix

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noun

1. a less common word for suffix

Other Word Forms

• postfixal adjective
• postfixial adjective

Etymology

Origin of postfix

1795–1805; post- + -fix, modeled on prefix

Example Sentences

And it will have to be a prefix, not a postfix; for what I may call the syntax of glyph formation must follow that of the speech.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William

It is also used as a postfix to denote motion towards the object to which it is joined.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William

Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

In the affixes, the superfix and prefix positions may as a general rule be regarded as wholly identical; also the subfix and postfix positions.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William