Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deprifixation.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
corylusavellana commented on the word deprifixation
The art of making madeupical words by the simple removal or prefixes, e.g. ascetic --> scetic.
December 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the word deprifixation
There is a slight potential problem with this method if the result is a noun. Suppose one wishes to coin the madeupical term "norexic" to describe one's housemate Nora, who never met a snack food she didn't like, and has the embonpoint to prove it. Sentences like "Nora's a norexic" are out.
I believe you allude to this issue in one of your other comments.
But I like this whole new approach to generating madeupical words. So much leaner and more streamlined than those portmanteau coinages.
Hmmm. How about necdotal evidence? Yes, I like it!
*scurries off to add it to list*
P.S. Welcome to Wordie!
December 22, 2008
sarra commented on the word deprifixation
Sentences like "Nora's a norexic" are out.
Not for me, though, as the "a"s are schwas. Quite different!
December 22, 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word deprifixation
"There is a slight potential problem with this method if the result is a noun." Sionnach is correct... avoid using this method to create nouns from words with a- prefixes. It may get terribly confusing.
I'm rather touched that nobody's yet pointed out my glaring typo... if only one could edit the word after the event.
December 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word deprifixation
I had no idea there were such rules for madeupical words. ;-)
December 22, 2008
rolig commented on the word deprifixation
I was going to suggest this should be deprefixation, but as reesetee points out, it's a madeupical word anyway. Also, I wondered if the spelling was intentional, to form a portmanteau from deprivation + prefix.
December 22, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word deprifixation
Gardyloo. This has an unmadeupical name 'aphesis'.
December 23, 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word deprifixation
That's a brilliant solution, rolig! Thank you.
December 23, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word deprifixation
I withdraw my claim that this is equivalent to aphesis: that's just a phonetic reduction, but the present process is morphological: you treat something that isn't an affix as an affix.
December 29, 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word deprifixation
In rare cases you might be removing a genuine classical prefix (when an affixed word is in use and the root never has been), but it depends entirely on the word and its etymology. Otherwise, yes, it's just a bit of fun.
December 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word deprifixation
I would call it 'phesis. :)
December 29, 2008