transfix
IPA: trænsfˈɪks
noun
- (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
verb
- (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
- (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
- (transitive) To fix or impale.
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Examples of "transfix" in Sentences
- It is the ads regarding slaves that transfix the modern reader.
- Destined to become a classic, it will transfix audiences everywhere.
- Artist Anne Harris has built her reputation as a painter of women who transfix their viewers with projections of uncomfortable and uncanny emotional states.
- Whatever you may think of the man, guilty or not, his gumption and continued efforts to clear his name will transfix him as a cartoonish figure in the dark side of the American political system.
- His love of ideas and people were the epoxies that kept him glued to the rest of us, that made each one of us in his orbit feel special, that allowed him to shun the baubles and bangles that transfix so many.
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