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Definition of Tmesis
1. 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.
Definition of Tmesis
1. Noun. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tmesis
1. the separation of the parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words [n TMESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tmesis
Literary usage of Tmesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Use of the Prepositions in Apollonius Rhodius, Compared with Their Use by Michael Matthias F. Oswald (1904)
"2) Apollonius has tmesis; Homer has only the compound verb. 3) Apollonius has
tmesis; ... 4) Apollonius has tmesis; the compound verb is not quotable. ..."
2. A Grammar of the English Language by Samuel Stillman Greene (1868)
"09, 2 period of 09, 3 tmesis, figure of. 315,10 To, when omitted 303, 1, a
Transformation of sentences 168 Transitive verb, defined. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain), Louis Loewe (1854)
"The following paper was read :— " On a curious tmesis, which is sometimes met
with, in Anglo- Saxon and Early-English Syntax. ..."
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