suffixive

English

Etymology

From suffix +‎ -ive.

Adjective

suffixive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, dated) Forming words through the addition of a suffix or suffixes
   • 2000, George Lang, Entwisted Tongues: Comparative Creole Literatures‎^[1], →ISBN, page 216:

     The genius, in the French sense, of creole is its tendency to form phrases with a minimum of connectives, often through the use of suffixive combinations […]

Synonyms

• suffixative

Related terms

• suffixation
• affixive
• prefixive