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suffixoid

suffixoid noun: a wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.

Noun

suffixoid (plural suffixoids)

  1. A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
    Synonyms:
    semisuffix

Synonyms of suffixoid

Forms of suffixoid

pluralsuffixoids

Origin of suffixoid

From suffix + -oid, Coined by US etymologist and philologist Yakov Malkiel circa 1966.

Questions about suffixoid

What does suffixoid mean?
Suffixoid means a wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
What part of speech is suffixoid?
Suffixoid is a noun.
What is the plural of suffixoid?
The plural of suffixoid is suffixoids.

Words near suffixoid in the dictionary

  1. suffixive
  2. suffixless
  3. suffixlessness
  4. suffixlike
  5. suffixness
  6. suffixoid
  7. suffixoids
  8. sufflaminate
  9. sufflaminated
  10. sufflaminates
  11. sufflaminating

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