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

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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

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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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