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infix

[in-fiks, in-fiks, in-fiks] / ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks /


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But CPL uses infix notation; I’d have to get all the operator precedence right to generate Lisp code with the parens in the right place.

From Scientific American Aug. 23, 2011

An infix, muga, between the stem of the verb and the termination, gives a negative meaning, as, Ngubumugamangalu, we, dual exclusive, did not beat.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

Perhaps I will throw Yerreeningga booramboonda If a negative meaning be required, it is effected by means of an infix, mooga, between the verb-stem and the abbreviated pronoun.

From The Gundungurra Language by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

If a couple or more articles be claimed, an infix is inserted between the noun root and the possessive affix, thus: Mirribuladya, dogs both mine; mirridyimmadya, dogs several mine.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

Inset, in′set, n. something set in, an insertion, esp. a leaf or leaves inserted in other leaves already folded.—v.t. to set in, to infix or implant.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

It gives them more force and influence; makes them appear of greater importance; infixes them in the mind; and renders them the governing principles of all our actions.

From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David

To a large extent the pronouns are incorporated in the verbs as prefixes, infixes, or suffixes.

From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley

Between these prefixes and the noun or verb, pronominal infixes are introduced, by which possession is denoted in the case of a noun, and the subject in that of a verb.

From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

The formative parts are affixes; and affixes may be divided into three classes, prefixes, suffixes, and infixes.

From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley

Thus -m- is the ordinary infixed pronoun of the 1st pers. sing., whilst -dom- is the corresponding relative form.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Thus, an infixed -um- is characteristic of many intransitive verbs with personal pronominal suffixes, e.g., sad- “to wait,” sumid-ak “I wait”; kineg “silent,” kuminek-ak “I am silent.”

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

When I hear such complaints, and they are not unfrequent from the younger members of large families, I have little doubt that the sting in all these murmurs is infixed by their pride.

From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by Lady, An English

His praises were so many adder's stings infixed in my vulnerable breast.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

And afterward were erected not farre from that place the Armes of England ingrauen in lead, and infixed vpon a pillar of wood.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

An infixing stillness, now thrust a long rivet through the night, and fast nailed it to that side of the world.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

Languages in India, families of, 70. —— isolating, combinatory, and inflectional, 79. —— suffixing, prefixing, affixing, and infixing, 85.

From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)




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