circumfixal

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adjective

Serving as a circumfix.

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Meanings

adjectivecircumfixal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarServing as a circumfix.

    First, a number of languages do not have a single negation morpheme but have a circumfixal morpheme.

    1997, Ferdinand de Haan, The Interaction of Modality and Negation

Origin

From circumfix + -al.

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Cite this entry
APA

circumfixal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfixal

MLA

“circumfixal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfixal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumfixal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfixal.

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