transfix verb 3noun 1forms 4 verb3 •To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted In swift expostulation, and the blood Gushed round its point: I smiled, […] — 1817 •To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.But we may as well accept her story as true, for it is likely she would have been transfixed by the narcissism of the weight lifters. — 1973 •To fix or impale. noun1 •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.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”). formstransfixed · transfixing · transfixes · transfixeth
