tmesis

noun tme·sis \(tə-)ˈmē-səs\

Definition of TMESIS

: separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words (as what place soever for whatsoever place)

Late Latin, from Greek tmēsis act of cutting, from temnein to cut — more at tome

First Known Use: 1550

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