infix

American  

[in-fiks, in-fiks, in-fiks] / ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks /

noun

1. 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.”

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verb (used with object)

infixed, infixing

1. to fix, fasten, or drive in.

   He infixed the fatal spear.

2. to instill (a fact, idea, etc.) in the mind or memory; impress.

   Your childhood trauma infixed these specific fears in your mind.

   Synonyms:

   inculcate

3. 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)

infixed, infixing

1. 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

1. 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.

infix British  

/ ɪnˈfɪkʃən /

verb

1. (tr) to fix firmly in

2. (tr) to instil or inculcate

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

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noun

1. grammar an affix inserted into the middle of a word

Other Word Forms

• infixation noun
• infixion noun
• uninfixed adjective

Etymology

Origin of infix

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

Example Sentences

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

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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

It has been proved at large, that the influence of belief is at once to inliven and infix any idea in the imagination, and prevent all kind of hesitation and uncertainty about it.

From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David

An infix, muga, between the stem of the verb and the termination, gives a negative meaning, as, Ngubumugamangalu, we, dual exclusive, did not beat.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

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 Sherbo, Arthur