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præfixum

præfixum is the obsolete form of prefixum.

Meaning of prefixum

Noun

prefixum (plural prefixa)

  1. (archaic) A prefix.
    • In most cases, however, the ל prefixum indicates the author, and there are historical grounds for the view that other historical persons than David, distinguished likewise in the domain of sacred song, were by this designation to be put in the same relation to certain Psalms, and that it was by now...1872, Johann Peter Lange, Philip Schaff, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal, and Homilectical, with Special Reference to Ministers and Students, volume 9, C. Scribner & co, page...

Forms of præfixum

pluralpræfixa

Questions about præfixum

What is præfixum the obsolete form of?
Præfixum is the obsolete form of prefixum.

Words near præfixum in the dictionary

  1. præfix'd
  2. præfixa
  3. præfixes
  4. præfixing
  5. præfixt
  6. præfixum
  7. prægnancy
  8. prægnant
  9. præjudicate
  10. præjudice
  11. præjudiced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præfixum (page history and authors); prefixum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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