infix
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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infixes,
present (3rd person singular)
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infixed,
past participle, past
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infixing
present participle
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to fix, fasten, or drive in.
He infixed the fatal spear.
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to instill (a fact, idea, etc.) in the mind or memory; impress.
Your childhood trauma infixed these specific fears in your mind.
- Synonyms:
- inculcate
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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)
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infixes,
present (3rd person singular)
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infixed,
past participle, past
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infixing
present participle
adjective
verb
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(tr) to fix firmly in
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(tr) to instil or inculcate
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grammar to insert (an affix) or (of an affix) to be inserted into the middle of a word
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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infixsimple
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infixessimple
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have infixedperfect
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has infixedperfect
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am infixingprogressive
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are infixingprogressive
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is infixingprogressive
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have been infixingperfect progressive
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has been infixingperfect progressive
Past
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infixedsimple
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had infixedperfect
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was infixingprogressive
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were infixingprogressive
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had been infixingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of infix
First recorded in 1495–1505; from Latin infīxus, past participle of infīgere “to fasten in”; see in- 2, fix
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But CPL uses infix notation; I’d have to get all the operator precedence right to generate Lisp code with the parens in the right place.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2011
Engrain, en-grān′, Ingrain, in-, v.t. to dye of a fast or lasting colour: to dye in the raw state: to infix deeply.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
It is more than to infuse, it is to infix it in such a manner as that it never may wear out.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
"Cornua obnixi infigunt," fix their horns, not on, but in; infix their horns; stick their horns into each other; stick each other with their horns: q.d.
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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
Between these prefixes and the noun or verb, pronominal infixes are introduced, by which possession is denoted in the case of a noun, and the subject in that of a verb.
From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
The formative parts are affixes; and affixes may be divided into three classes, prefixes, suffixes, and infixes.
From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by John Wesley Powell
To a large extent the pronouns are incorporated in the verbs as prefixes, infixes, or suffixes.
From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by John Wesley Powell
It gives them more force and influence; makes them appear of greater importance; infixes them in the mind; and renders them the governing principles of all our actions.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
Particles may be prefixed, infixed, or affixed in compounded words, and which one of these methods will finally prevail can be determined only in the later stage of growth.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by John Wesley Powell
And by what industrie in hir starrie forehead pampynulated with threds of gold aptly disposed, she had infixed the fairest part of the heauens, or the splendycant Heraclea.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Robert Dallington
Thus, an infixed -in- conveys the idea of the product of an accomplished action, e.g., kayu “wood,” kinayu “gathered wood.”
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
When I hear such complaints, and they are not unfrequent from the younger members of large families, I have little doubt that the sting in all these murmurs is infixed by their pride.
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
His praises were so many adder's stings infixed in my vulnerable breast.
From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
An infixing stillness, now thrust a long rivet through the night, and fast nailed it to that side of the world.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
Languages in India, families of, 70. —— isolating, combinatory, and inflectional, 79. —— suffixing, prefixing, affixing, and infixing, 85.
From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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