postfix Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an affix that is added at the end of the word
    suffix.

WordNet


Post"fix noun
Etymology
Pref. post- + -fix, as in prefix: cf. F. postfixe.
Wordforms
plural Postfixes
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst.
Post*fix" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913