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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fix |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-fks |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·fixed, in·fix·ing, in·fix·es
1. To fix in the mind; instill. 2. Linguistics To insert (a morphological element) into the body of a word. | | NOUN: | Linguistics (nfks ) An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word. For example, in Tagalog, the active verb sulat “write” can be converted to a passive, “written,” by inserting the infix –in–, yielding sinulat. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Back-formation from Middle English infixed, stuck in, from Latin  nfxus, past participle of nfgere, to fasten in : in-, in; see in–2 + fgere, to fasten; see dhgw- in Appendix I.
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