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infix

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfɪks/Part of speech verb, nounSorted fiinxStarts with IEnds with X0 clues
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Word origin

Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).

Used in a sentence

  • to infix a sting, spear, or dart
  • The fatal Dart a ready Passage found, And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:
  • Consider that innumerable race of insects, which either are bred on the body of each animal, or flying about infix their stings in him.

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