postpose
/pəʊs(t)ˈpəʊz
/verb [with object] Grammar
Place (a modifying word or morpheme) after the word that it modifies: (as adjective postposed) a postposed genitive...
- Preposed and postposed forms that come first include: aero (air), crypto (hidden), demo (people), geo (earth), odonto (tooth), ornitho (bird), and thalasso (sea).
- Her characterization includes postposing ‘hey’ to every second sentence: Why don't we meet down the station, hey?
- As noted, the ideophone can occur with quotative go, with either a preposed or a postposed subject nominal.
Origin
Late 16th century (in the sense 'place later or lower'): from French postposer, from post- 'after' + poser 'to place'. The current sense dates from the 1920s.
- at first instance
- at first sight
- (at) full blast
- at full cock
- service mark
- service member
- service module
- service pack
- service provider
- servicer
- service road
- service star
- service station
- service stripe
- service tree
- servicewoman
- serviette
- servigerous
- servile
- servilely
- servility
- serving
- serving man
- serving suggestion
- serving woman