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noun (tmes, es)
  1. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
Example: How bright the chit and chat, inserting (term, and) into (term, chit-chat)
Translations: 
  • Dutch: tmesis(nl)f
  • French: (t, fr, tmèse, f)
  • German: Tmesis(de)f
  • Italian: (t, it, tmesi, f)
  • Spanish: tmesis(es)f
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Etymology: From (term, tmesisLaitn, tmÄsis) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=tmÄsis, , a cutting).


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