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superfix [ˈsuːpəˌfɪks]

(Linguistics) Linguistics a suprasegmental feature distinguishing the meaning or grammatical function of one word or phrase from that of another, as stress does for example between the noun conduct and the verb conduct

[from super- + -fix, on the model of prefix, suffix]

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