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
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.
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.
• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix
• 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
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
