Definition of tmesis in English:

tmesis

nounPlural tmeses ˈtmiːsɪst(ə)ˈmisəs

mass noun

The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, used mainly in informal speech for emphasis (e.g. can't find it any-blooming-where).
Example sentencesExamples
- Isn't phrasal tmesis a syntactic equivalent of those ‘specious lines of play’ his books are filled with?
- Did I ever say how much I love a good bit of tmesis?
- A master of so many poetic devices, Humbert riddles the narrative with instances of tmesis, the figure Hartman identifies as the epitome of poetry's elided middles and overspecified ends.
- But my abso-bloody-lutely favourite way of swearing is to use bastardised tmesis - the splitting up of a compound word into parts, and then slotting a rude word in the middle.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Greek tmēsis 'cutting', from temnein 'to cut'.

Definition of tmesis in US English:

tmesis

nount(ə)ˈmēsəst(ə)ˈmisəs

The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech (e.g., a whole nother story; shove it back any-old-where in the pile).
Example sentencesExamples
- Did I ever say how much I love a good bit of tmesis?
- Isn't phrasal tmesis a syntactic equivalent of those ‘specious lines of play’ his books are filled with?
- A master of so many poetic devices, Humbert riddles the narrative with instances of tmesis, the figure Hartman identifies as the epitome of poetry's elided middles and overspecified ends.
- But my abso-bloody-lutely favourite way of swearing is to use bastardised tmesis - the splitting up of a compound word into parts, and then slotting a rude word in the middle.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Greek tmēsis ‘cutting’, from temnein ‘to cut’.

单词	tmesis
释义	Definition of tmesis in English: tmesis nounPlural tmeses ˈtmiːsɪst(ə)ˈmisəs mass noun The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, used mainly in informal speech for emphasis (e.g. can't find it any-blooming-where). Example sentencesExamples Isn't phrasal tmesis a syntactic equivalent of those ‘specious lines of play’ his books are filled with? Did I ever say how much I love a good bit of tmesis? A master of so many poetic devices, Humbert riddles the narrative with instances of tmesis, the figure Hartman identifies as the epitome of poetry's elided middles and overspecified ends. But my abso-bloody-lutely favourite way of swearing is to use bastardised tmesis - the splitting up of a compound word into parts, and then slotting a rude word in the middle. Origin Mid 16th century: from Greek tmēsis 'cutting', from temnein 'to cut'. Definition of tmesis in US English: tmesis nount(ə)ˈmēsəst(ə)ˈmisəs The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech (e.g., a whole nother story; shove it back any-old-where in the pile). Example sentencesExamples Did I ever say how much I love a good bit of tmesis? Isn't phrasal tmesis a syntactic equivalent of those ‘specious lines of play’ his books are filled with? A master of so many poetic devices, Humbert riddles the narrative with instances of tmesis, the figure Hartman identifies as the epitome of poetry's elided middles and overspecified ends. But my abso-bloody-lutely favourite way of swearing is to use bastardised tmesis - the splitting up of a compound word into parts, and then slotting a rude word in the middle. Origin Mid 16th century: from Greek tmēsis ‘cutting’, from temnein ‘to cut’.
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