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affix (dict)
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AffixAn affix is a morpheme that is attached to a base morpheme to form a word. An affix can be a prefix (something attached at the front), a suffix (attached at the back), an infix (in between) or a circumfix (two parts, one in front, the other at the back). Affixes are bound morphemes by definition. Affixes are central to the process of agglutination. | affix !! example | | prefix | undo
prefix + root | | suffix | looking
root + suffix | | infix 1 | fanfuckingtastic
ro- + infix + -ot | | circumfix 2 | enlighten
circum- + root + -fix | 1 English infixes only exist in exclamatory constructions like the example given.
2 English circumfixes do not exist other than en- -en, which is not productive now. See also
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