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Definition of Suffixion
1. n. The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.
Definition of Suffixion
1. Noun. the process of having or adding a suffix to something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suffixion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffixion
Literary usage of Suffixion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Words: Their Spelling, Pronunciation, Definition and Application by Rupert Pitt SoRelle, Charles W. Kitt (1911)
"Adjectives formed by the suffixion of " like" to a noun are usually 'printed as
one word if the noun contains only one syllable (except when ending in "1") ..."
2. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England), Walter L. Nash (1876)
"... the possessive /-xx 8f) is one of those nouns formed >y the suffixion of the
pronouns *^^~, ~"—, ^ n °r ..."
3. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1892)
"Northern dialects, -whether old or new.1 The Norse languages show a tendency to
suffixion (156, 168), which is probably due to Finnish influence (135, 138, ..."
4. Outlines of Hebrew Grammar by Gustav Bickell (1877)
"... in this agglutinative process is formed by suffixion in the narrower sense ie
through the annexation of the personal pronoun in an objective ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To attach at the end: specifically used of adding or annexing a letter or syllable,
a suffix. suffixion (su-fik'shon), n. [< suffix + -ion. ..."
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