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Infixes vs Infixed - What's the difference?

infixes | infixed |

As a noun infixes

is .

As a verb infixed is

(infix).

infixes

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    infixed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (infix)

    • infix

    English

    (wikipedia infix)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
    • to infix a sting, spear, or dart
    (Shakespeare)
  • * Dryden
    • The fatal dart a ready passage found, / And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
  • To instill.
  • (linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

    • Noun

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

    • Coordinate terms

    * (affixes)

    Derived terms

    * infixal * infixation

    Related terms

    * infix notation

    See also

    * postfix * (wikipedia "infix")

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----