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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Tmesis | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tmesis \Tme"sis\ (m[emac]"s[icr]s or t'm[emac]"s[icr]s; 277), n. [L., from Gr. tmh^sis a cutting, fr. te`mnein to cut.] (Gram.) 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. | |
