(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.

(linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.

plural of infix

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infix

(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of an infix. / (of a term) Taking the role of an infix.

simple past tense and past participle of infix

present participle of infix

plural of infixation

(linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word. / (grammar) The state or quality of being infixed.

In an infixal way.