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Infixation
/ɪnfɪkˈseɪʃən/
Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
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noun
- 1
Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
- 2
(grammar) The state or quality of being infixed.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| expletivenoun | A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath. |
| infixionnoun | (linguistics) The addition of an infix. |
| affixationnoun | (linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word. |
| interfixnoun | (linguistic morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-. |
| affixnoun | (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix. |
| interfixationnoun | The act or process of interfixing. |
| confixnoun | (linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix attached simultaneously to the root. |
| affixingverb | affixation |
| affixionnoun | The act of affixing; affixation, affixment, attachment. |
| affixmentnoun | Property of being affixed; attachment; connection. |
| parasynthesisnoun | (grammar) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed. |
| agglutinationnoun | (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative. |
| combining formnoun | (grammar) A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word. |
| incrustationnoun | A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler. |
| encliticizationnoun | The process or result of encliticizing. |
| affixernoun | A person or thing that affixes. |
| blendnoun | A mixture of two or more things. |
| affixturenoun | The act of affixing |
| impositionnoun | The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. |
| suradditionnoun | (obsolete, rare) Something added or appended, as to a name. |
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