Infix

//ɪnˈfɪks// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.

    "I am not pleased with one or two of the noun cases (they are too similar to others) and I want to change the way that the Focus category (see Section 3.5 of the grammar) is manifested (using word-order instead of an infix or other phonological marker). All in all, the language is structured almost exactly as I wanted."

  2. 2
    an affix that is inserted inside the word wordnet
  3. 3
    A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.

    "The infix position contains (pronominal) object markers, showing agreement with the object(s), which might be one or more noun phrases following the verb, or a foregoing or previously mentioned object marking."

  4. 4
    A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes. dated
  5. 5
    Synonym of interfix. proscribed
Verb
  1. 1
    To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. archaic, transitive

    "to infix a sting, spear, or dart"

  2. 2
    attach a morpheme into a stem word wordnet
  3. 3
    To instill. transitive
  4. 4
    put or introduce into something wordnet
  5. 5
    To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).

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