postmedialadj.n.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmiːdɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmidiəl/ A. adj.
Occupying a position further back in place, order, or time than that which is medial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > to that which is medial
postmedial1680
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > other specific types of morpheme
productive1889
non-nuclear1897
unproductive1916
replacive1948
subtractive1948
postmedial1958
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to affixes > suffixed or relating to suffixes
paragogical1607
paragogic1705
postpositive1712
terminational1765
desinential1818
postfixed1839
postpositional1850
suffixed1869
suffixal1874
postfixal1887
postfixial1893
suffixual1901
postmedial1958
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 327 The Postmedial Visions being all of them..to come.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 122 Post-medial region with a small tubercle; intestinal uni-tuberculate.
1958 Archivum Linguisticum 10 170 In some words Postradical, Medial, Postmedial, and Prefinal elements are recognized.
1998 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 59 Mainwaring had a knee reconstruction of the worst kind..including repairs to a ruptured post-medial ligament, post-lateral ligament and anterior cruciate.
B. n.
Something which is postmedial; (Linguistics) a postmedial element in a word, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > that posterior to what is medial
postmedial1852
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > other specific types of morpheme
verbalizer1888
premedial1925
postradical1937
postmedial1946
replacive1948
subtractive1948
non-nuclear1961
prefixoid1963
singulative1966
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 29 4 M, a transverse areolet, just posterior to 3 M, the post-medial.
1946 L. Bloomfield in H. Hoijer et al. Ling. Struct. Native Amer. 104 Suffixes appear in divergent forms, so that we set off accretive elements: premedials, postmedials, prefinals.
1983 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 28 133 Other morphemes appear such as pre-medials, post-medials and abstract finals.
1997 P. Bakker Lang. of Our Own viii. 217 The main ones are initials (also called roots), medials, and finals; there are also preverbs (which precede the verb stems), premedials, postmedials, and prefinals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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