suffix

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUF'FIX, noun [Latin suffixus, suffigo; sub and figo, to fix.] A letter or syllable added or annexed to the end of a word. SUFFIX', verb transitive To add or annex a letter or syllable to a word.
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