Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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
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