postfix

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postfix - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Postfix \Post"fix\, n.; pl. Postfixes. [Pref. post- + -fix, as
     in prefix: cf. F. postfixe.] (Gram.)
     A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another
     word; a suffix. --Parkhurst.
     [1913 Webster]

  Postfix \Post*fix"\, v. t.
     To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter,
     syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word;
     to suffix. --Parkhurst.
     [1913 Webster]

postfix - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  postfix
      n 1: an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn:
           suffix, postfix]