infix

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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

If a couple or more articles be claimed, an infix is inserted between the noun root and the possessive affix, thus: Mirribuladya, dogs both mine; mirridyimmadya, dogs several mine.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

"Cornua obnixi infigunt," fix their horns, not on, but in; infix their horns; stick their horns into each other; stick each other with their horns: q.d.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I have a friend who loves me as his life, and in whose breast I should infix a mortal sting if I ungratefully left him.

From Mathilda by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

It is more than to infuse, it is to infix it in such a manner as that it never may wear out.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur