infix
/ˈɪnfɪks/
verb
- To fix or fasten something firmly in place.
- She infixed the post into the ground with concrete.
- The carpenter used glue to infix the wooden peg into the hole.
- The jeweler infixed the gemstone into the ring setting.
- To impress something firmly in someone's mind or memory.
- The teacher's words were infixed in the students' minds forever.
- The ceremony infixed a sense of tradition in all who attended.
- That childhood memory is deeply infixed in my heart.
noun
- A word element (affix) inserted into the middle of a word, rather than at the beginning or end.
- In some languages, an infix is added inside the root to change the meaning.
- Linguists study how infixes modify verbs in Tagalog.
- The word 'infix' itself contains the infix '-fix-' from Latin.