Refixed

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Describes a word or form that has had a prefix applied to it more than once
2. Refers to a term where an additional prefix is attached to a base that already contains a prefix
3. Indicates that a prefix has been repeated or reapplied to modify the original word

Etymology: "Refixed" is the past tense and past participle of "refix," a verb built from the prefix "re-" and the verb "fix." The prefix traces back through Latin "re-," which meant "back" or "again," to an ancient Italic root, and it entered English through Old French "re-" and Middle English, where it became a productive way to add the sense of doing something once more. The base "fix" is the more interesting half of the pair. It is a word that once meant something quite different from its modern use: in its original sense it referred to fastening something firmly in place, and "refix" simply means to fasten again. So a refixed object is one that has been secured a second time, whether a loosened bolt, a detached label, or a plan that has been settled once more.

Synonyms: reattached, reaffixed, reinstalled, resecured

Antonyms: removed, detached, unfixed, loosened, unfastened