Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a suffix; of the nature of a suffix.
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- adjective of a word That may be
modified by the addition of asuffix - adjective of a term Taking the role of a suffix
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Examples
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A: “Who all,” like “you all,” is a common redundant suffixal colloquialism and may be used without disadvantage in all but the most snobbish circles, even though it is not standard English.
The Language Monitor Con Chapman 2011
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• Also, the m : n ratio is 1 to 6 in onset but 8 to 7 in codas, so there is probably a suffixal -em too.
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