Tmesis is a literary or rhetorical device that involves inserting a word into the middle of another word.
Tmesis is the act of inserting a word into the middle of another word.
| Front | tmesis \tuh-MEE-sis, TMEE-sis\ |
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| Back | noun Stuffing a word into the middle of another word. [From Greek tmesis (a cutting), from temnein (to cut). Ultimately from the Indo-European root tem- (to cut), which is also the source of tonsure, temple, contemplate, epitome, tome, anatomy, and atomy. First recorded use: 1586.] "I don't like tmesis; it's abso-bloody-lutely ri-flipping-diculous." |
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