transfix
Plural: transfixes
Verb
Verb Forms: transfixed, transfixt, transfixing, transfixes
- To pierce with a sharp instrument; to impale or immobilize.
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
- To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
- To fix or impale.
Noun
- 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.
Examples
- The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”).
- The brilliant triple-word score seemed to TRANSFIX his opponent in silent awe.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).
Scrabble Score: 18
transfix: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtransfix: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
transfix: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
transfix: valid Words With Friends Word