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tmesis
[ tuh-mee-sis ]
noun
- the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
tmesis
/ ˈmiːsɪs; təˈmiːsɪs /
noun
- interpolation of a word or group of words between the parts of a compound word
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Other Words From
- tmet·ic [t, uh, -, met, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tmesis1
C16: via Latin from Greek, literally: a cutting, from temnein to cut
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Example Sentences
Perhaps we might read ἐπὶ δὲ γᾶς πεδιοπλοκτύπου ὠσὶν χρίμπι βοὰ, by tmesis, for ἐπιχρίμπτεται.
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Sometimes he indulges in tmesis which reminds us of Ennius: inque pediri, disque supata, ordia prima.
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Or he might by tmesis, more liberally used, have further widened the field for its employment.
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His abstinence from inflexion absolutely, and from tmesis almost entirely, in the use of , I think deserves remark.
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