infix

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=fix

CIDE DICTIONARY

infix, v. t. [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See Fix.].

•  To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fatal dart a ready passage found,
  And deep within her heart infixed the wound."  [1913 Webster]
•  To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.  [1913 Webster]

infix, n. 

•  Something infixed.  Welsford.  [1913 Webster]
•  An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

infix, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in) a fix (a thing in another). b impress (a fact etc. in the mind).
2 Gram. insert (a formative element) into the body of a word.
--n. Gram. a formative element inserted in a word.

Derivative

infixation n.

Etymology

L infigere infix- (as IN-(2), FIX): (n.) after prefix, suffix

THESAURUS

infix

IC analysis, accidence, add, adjoin, affix, affixation, agglutinate, allomorph, allonge, annex, append, appendix, aside, attach, beat into, bed, bound morpheme, brainwash, burden, catechize, coda, codicil, commentary, complicate, condition, confirm, conjoin, conjugation, cutting, declension, decorate, deep-dye, define, derivation, difference of form, embed, enclitic, encumber, engraft, engrave, entrench, envoi, epilogue, episode, establish, etch, fit in, fix, formative, found, free form, glue on, grave, ground, hitch on, imbue, immediate constituent analysis, impact, implant, impregnate, impress, imprint, inculcate, indoctrinate, infixation, inflection, infuse, ingrain, injection, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, inseminate, insert, insertion, insinuation, instill, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interpolation, introduction, jam, join with, lodge, marginalia, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, note, obiter dictum, ornament, pack, paradigm, parenthesis, paste on, plant, plus, postfix, postscript, prefix, prefixation, print, proclitic, program, put with, radical, remark, rider, root, saddle with, scholia, seat, set, set in, settle, side remark, slap on, stamp, stem, stereotype, subjoin, suffix, suffixation, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tail, tessellate, theme, tossing-in, unite with, wedge, word-formation

ROGET THESAURUS

infix

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.