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postfix
Example Sentences
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
The postfixes themselves no doubt were originally notional terms worn down in form and meaning, so as to express mere abstract relation, as in the Magyar vel = with, from veli = companion.
The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24.
It is also used as a postfix to denote motion towards the object to which it is joined.
Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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