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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
Consider that innumerable race of insects, which either are bred on the body of each animal, or, flying about, infix their stings in him.
From Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume
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 R. H. (Robert Hamilton) Mathews
Engrain, en-grān′, Ingrain, in-, v.t. to dye of a fast or lasting colour: to dye in the raw state: to infix deeply.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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 John Wesley Powell
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 David Hume
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
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 John Wesley Powell
His praises were so many adder's stings infixed in my vulnerable breast.
From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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
The past tense is frequently indicated by an infixed -in-; if there is already an infixed -um-, the two elements combine to -in-m-, e.g., kinminek-ak “I am silent.”
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
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 Edward Sapir
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 An English Lady
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 F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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 Noah Webster
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 Herman Melville