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ambifixing

ambifixing is the present participle and gerund of ambifix.

Meaning of ambifix

Verb

ambifix (third-person singular simple present ambifixes, present participle ambifixing, simple past and past participle ambifixed)

  1. To affix an ambifix to (a word).
    • Examples of such other methods are intercalation, as in Semitic, and what might be called ambifixing, where an affix has two parts, one of which precedes the entire root, while the other follows.1966, Universals of Language

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Questions about ambifixing

What is ambifixing the present participle and gerund of?
Ambifixing is the present participle and gerund of ambifix.

Words near ambifixing in the dictionary

  1. ambients
  2. ambies
  3. ambifix
  4. ambifixed
  5. ambifixes
  6. ambifixing
  7. ambigender
  8. ambigendered
  9. ambigeneric
  10. ambigenous
  11. ambigram

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