infix
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.”
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.”
Grammar. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix: Polysyllabic words in English infix just before the stressed syllable, as in “abso-frickin-LUTEly.”
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.
Origin of infix
1Other words for infix
Other words from infix
- in·fix·a·tion [in-fiks-ey-shuhn], /ɪnˌfɪksˈeɪ ʃən/, in·fix·ion [in-fik-shuhn], /ɪnˈfɪk ʃən/, noun
- un·in·fixed, adjective
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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 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
(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
grammar an affix inserted into the middle of a word
Derived forms of infix
- infixation or infixion (ɪnˈfɪkʃən), noun
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