tmesis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Descendants 2.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Coined 1586, from Late Latin tmēsis < Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmēsis), “‘a cutting’”) < τέμνω (temnō), “‘I cut’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canadian, RP, US): IPA: /təˈmiːsɪs/, /ˈmiːsɪs/, SAMPA: /t@"mi:sIs/, /"mi:sIs/
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• Rhymes: -iːsɪs

[edit] Noun

tmesis (plural tmeses)

1. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.

Examples
How bright the chit and chat, inserting and into chit-chat Abso-fucking-lutely, insertion of swear word fucking into absolutely

[edit] Synonyms

• tumbarumba

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• diacope
• infix
• Tmesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eimsst
• i-stems
• misset
• smites

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative forms

• thmesis

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmēsis), “‘a cutting’”), from τέμνω (temnō), “‘I cut’”).

[edit] Noun

tmēsis (genitive tmēsis); f, third declension

1. (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tmēsis	tmēsēs
genitive	tmēsis	tmēsium
dative	tmēsī	tmēsibus
accusative	tmēsem	tmēsēs 1
ablative	tmēse	tmēsibus
vocative	tmēsis	tmēsēs

¹ May also be tmesīs.

[edit] Descendants

• English: tmesis
• French: tmèse

[edit] References

• “tmesis” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)