<![CDATA[Tmesis]]>The separation of the parts of a compound word by theintervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, forwhatsoever place.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/14520/tmesisRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 19:39:26 GMTTue, 21 Mar 2017 19:41:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tmesis on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:43:42 GMT]]>The art of breaking one word into two parts, inserting a different word (often an expletive) in between those two parts, hence forth turning two different words into one in order to give extra emphasis

from Greek, a cutting, from temnein, to cut (see tem- in Indo-European roots)

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/52389https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/52389Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:43:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tmesis on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:43:41 GMT]]>In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a
compound word, now generally done for humorous effect

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