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transfix

The English word “transfix” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
  2. To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
  3. To fix or impale.

noun

  1. A discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes.

Etymology

From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).

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