affixal

Variant of affix

transitive verb

  1. to fasten; attach: to affix a label to a bottle
  2. to add at the end; append

Origin: < L affixus, pp. of affigere, to fasten to < ad-, to + figere, fix

noun

  1. a thing affixed
  2. Linguis. a prefix, suffix, or infix

Origin: Fr affixe < L affixus: see affixthe

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