Confix

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix attached simultaneously to the root.

    "As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu."

  2. 2
    An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix. rare

    "22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state obsolete, transitive

    "But Tuesday night last gone in's garden-house / He knew me as a wife. As this is true, / Let me in safety raise me from my knees; / Or else for ever be confixed here, / A marble monument!"

Synonyms

All synonyms
ambifixcircumfixcircumfix

Example

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"As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu."

Etymology

From Latin configo or con- + fix.

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