Tmesis

[tmi:sis]

Definition

(n.) The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

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Definition

n. (gram.) the separation of the parts of a compound word by one or more words inserted between them as 'Saxo cere-comminuit-brum;' 'of whom be thou ware also' (2 Tim. iv. 15).

Typed by Arthur