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infix

verb
/ɪnˈfɪks/UK/ˈɪnfɪks/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from infixus
  2. derived from infixed — “stuck in”

Definitions

  1. To set

    To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.

    • to infix a sting, spear, or dart
    • The fatal Dart a ready Passage found, And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:

  2. To instill.

  3. To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

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

    2. A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a…

      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.
      • […] but the second example contravenes all the rules, as the negative infix should NEVER precede any Set 2 affix present in the complex.
      • […] at least in languages, like Swahili, which exhibit morphologically different tense/aspect infixes in affirmative and negative clauses[…]

    3. A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which…

      A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.

    4. Synonym of interfix.

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Derived

infixal, infixation, infixion, infix notation, infix operator

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for infix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA