Definitions for tmesis

tmesis tme·sis

Spelling: [tuh-mee-sis]
IPA: /təˈmi sɪs/

Tmesis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in tmesis (eimsst).

Definitions for tmesis

noun

  1. the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.

Origin of tmesis

1580-90; Late Latin tmēsis Greek tmḗsis a cutting, equivalent to tmē- (variant stem of témnein to cut) + -sis -sis

Examples for tmesis

Sometimes he indulges in tmesis which reminds us of Ennius: inque pediri, disque supata, ordia prima.

His abstinence from inflexion absolutely, and from tmesis almost entirely, in the use of , I think deserves remark.

Perhaps we might read ἐπὶ δὲ γᾶς πεδιοπλοκτύπου ὠσὶν χρίμπι βοὰ, by tmesis, for ἐπιχρίμπτεται.

Or he might by tmesis, more liberally used, have further widened the field for its employment.

Word Value for tmesis
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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