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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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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