INFIX
infix
(noun) an affix that is inserted inside the word
infix
(verb) attach a morpheme into a stem word
insert, infix, enter, introduce
(verb) put or introduce into something; “insert a picture into the text”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed)
(transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
(transitive) To instill.
(transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
Noun
infix (plural infixes)
(linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English.
Coordinate terms
• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix
Anagrams
• fixin'
Source: Wiktionary
In*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Infixing.]
Etym: [L. infixus, p.p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to
fix: cf. F. infixer. See Fix.]
1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix
a sting, spear, or dart. Shak.
The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart
infixed the wound. Dryden.
2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles,
thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind,
or ideas in the memory.
In"fix, n.
Definition: Something infixed. [R.] Welsford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition