suffix
noun
an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
suffixed
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past participleof suffix.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof suffix.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
suffixnounan affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
Example Sentences
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Tamar-kali — a Biblical name suffixed with the Sanskrit word for “black one” — hails from New York, but she’s quick to acknowledge her ancestry of enslaved Africans in the American South.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2020
In neighboring states, and in some tribal areas, the “holou” is suffixed with bandar, monkey.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 18, 2018
“Every Sculpture Needs a Trapdoor” doubles down: A mishmash of ecru plates is impaled by a cylinder, then suffixed with a photocopied page from an essay on Sandback by the artist Andrea Fraser.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
His answers are always suffixed with an awkward "... but I don't know", and he describes the popularity of the XX and James Blake as the rise of "groovy music" .
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011
Finally, in its suffixed form woid-o, it became the Sanskrit word veda.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
