infix
[ verb in-fiks, in-fiks; noun in-fiks ]
/ verb ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks; noun ˈɪnˌfɪks /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Grammar. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix.
noun
Grammar. an affix that is inserted within the body of the element to which it is added, as Latin m in accumbō “I lie down,” as compared with accubuī “I lay down.”
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Origin of infix
OTHER WORDS FROM infix
in·fix·ion [in-fik-shuhn], /ɪnˈfɪk ʃən/, nounun·in·fixed, adjectiveWords nearby infix
infinity, infirm, infirmarian, infirmary, infirmity, infix, infl., in flagrante delicto, inflame, inflammable, inflammation
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Example sentences from the Web for infix
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 AlighieriIt 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 JohnsonI 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 ShelleyThe 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), nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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