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suffixoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
suf-fixoid
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

suffixoids (plural)

Phrases

combining form

Frequently Paired Words

combining form prefixoid

Synonyms

semisuffix

Questions

What does suffixoid mean?
A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
Where does suffixoid come from?
From suffix + -oid, Coined by US etymologist and philologist Yakov Malkiel circa 1966.

How to pronounce suffixoid

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