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tmesis

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6 lettersPronunciation /t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/Sorted eimsstStarts with TEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.

Word origin

From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). First attested in 1586.

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