verb

• (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
  "He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design."
• (transitive) 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, […]"
• (transitive) To fix or impale.

noun

• (linguistics) 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”)."