1814 Enclytica iii. 123 The Sanscrit (—) is a common superfix or mark of alineation, applied to almost all the letters.

1846 Cambr. & Dublin Math. Jrnl. 1 239 Some will think it best to proceed by letters, a, b, c, e, &c.; others by superfixes or suffixes, as a, a', a'', &c., a₀, a₁, a₂, &c.

1862 R. G. Latham Elements Compar. Philol. lxxv. 625 It [sc. Lithuanian] has..an over-abundance of diacritical marks in the way of accents, superfixes, and suffixes.

1936 Science 4 Sept. 229/2 In case there is more than one active isotope of an element, we shall still have to give the mass number as a superfix.

1986 450 Ans de Noms de Lieux Français en Amérique du Nord (Quebec: Commission de Toponymie) 94/2 The French spelling form is retained, with the usual elimination of superfixes (diacritical marks).

2001 H. Jones Computer Graphics through Key Math. ix. 264 The point Pi^(k)(u) results from the k^th stage of interpolation (the superfix k in brackets indicates k dashes).

1895 D. G. Brinton Primer Mayan Hieroglyphics iv. 119 This word means ‘white’, and this is here expressed by the cauac sign carrying as a superfix the north directive sign.

1915 S. G. Morley Introd. Study Maya Hieroglyphs v. 194 The month glyph itself is divided into two parts, a superfix comprising about one-third of the glyph and the main element the remaining two-thirds.

1976 J. Marcus Emblem & State in Classic Maya Lowlands i. 10 Not all ‘Ben-Ich’ compounds (superfix and main signs) are emblem glyphs.

2007 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 151 32 The main sign represents the head of a jaguar; the superfix is in the form of a bird.

1948 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 14 157/2 A word is found to consist morphologically of a base morpheme accompanied by prefixes and suffixes..combined and unified by a special kind of affix, a superfix, which is phonemically a stress-pattern.

1965 Language 41 347 A toneless base..to which I would add..three affixes (the high-tone superfix, the suffix -a, and the mid-tone super fix) to produce the noun.

1972 R. R. K. Hartmann & F. C. Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 226/1 Superfix, term used to describe the suprasegmental or prosodic features of a particular word or utterance, e.g. the stress pattern which distinguishes modifier + noun green house from the compound noun greenhouse.

2008 L. A. Boadi in F. K. Ameka & M. E. Kropp Dakubu Aspect & Modality in Kwa Langs. 37 One has to remember that the Stative is an inflectional superfix and belongs with other affixes like the Progressive and Habitual.

1766 A. Serle Treat. Art Writing xi. 55 The L, S, and D, commonly superfixed to Figures expressing English Pounds, Shillings and Pence.

1774 N. Collier in ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. 9 It was an angel, and not a fiend, which Mr. Wagner had superfixed to that excellent piece of machinery.

1800 T. Stackhouse App. & Key to Ess. Punctuation Pref. Each class is placed distinctly, in the following Key to the Exercises, and its characteristic superfixed.

1884 C. A. L. Totten Important Question Metrol. 133 Examine the combined figure, in which I have superfixed the pyramid diagram upon that of the temple.

1929 Times 28 June 14/1 We do not need to superfix the word.

2000 Daily Times Herald (Carroll, Iowa) 13 Apr. 17/4 For the last ten years, Mrs. Jean Guy has been superfixing the murals.