postformative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formative element at the end.
adj
  1. Forming or affecting something that comes before.
  2. Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).

Pronunciation

En-us-postformative.oga

Word forms

postformative postformatives

Etymology

From post- (prefix meaning ‘after’) + formative, modelled after preformative.

Related words

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