infix

[ verb in-fiks, in-fiks; noun in-fiks ]

/ verb ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks; noun ˈɪnˌfɪks /

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noun

Grammar. a morpheme or an entire word that is inserted within the body of another word or element, as Latin m in accumbō “I lie down,” as compared with accubuī “I lay down.”

verb (used with object), in·fixed, in·fix·ing.

to fix, fasten, or drive in: He infixed the fatal spear.

to instill (a fact, idea, etc.) in the mind or memory; impress: Your childhood trauma infixed these specific fears in your mind.

Grammar. to add as an infix: The English language infixes only a small set of expletives and euphemisms, as in “fan-freakin-tastic” or “abso-bloody-lutely.”

verb (used without object), in·fixed, in·fix·ing.

Grammar. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix: Polysyllabic words in English infix just before the stressed syllable, as in “abso-frickin-LUTEly.”

adjective

Mathematics, Computers. of or relating to operator notation that occurs between the operands, such as the symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division when written in a linear equation: We are familiar with infix notation from elementary math class, and it can also be used in logic statements or computer programming languages.

OTHER WORDS FOR infix

3 inculcate.

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Origin of infix

First recorded in 1495–1505; from Latin infīxus, past participle of infīgere “to fasten in”; see in-², fix

OTHER WORDS FROM infix

in·fix·a·tion [in-fiks-ey-shuhn], /ɪnˌfɪksˈeɪ ʃən/, in·fix·ion

[in-fik-shuhn], /ɪnˈfɪk ʃən/, nounun·in·fixed, adjective

Words nearby infix

infinity, infirm, infirmarian, infirmary, infirmity, infix, infl., in flagrante delicto, inflame, inflammable, inflammation

How to use infix in a sentence

With serpents were their hands behind them bound, Which through their reins infix'd the tail and head Twisted in folds before.
The Vision of Hell, Part 8|Dante Alighieri
It is more than to infuse, it is to infix it in such a manner as that it never may wear out.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies|Samuel Johnson
I have a friend who loves me as his life, and in whose breast I should infix a mortal sting if I ungratefully left him.
Mathilda|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The lower infix is quite regular in all of the forms, being a circle or ring.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs|Sylvanus Griswold Morley

British Dictionary definitions for infix

infix

verb (ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks)

(tr) to fix firmly in

(tr) to instil or inculcate

grammar to insert (an affix) or (of an affix) to be inserted into the middle of a word

noun (ˈɪnˌfɪks)

grammar an affix inserted into the middle of a word

Derived forms of infix

infixation or infixion (ɪnˈfɪkʃən), noun

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