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Tmesis

Tme′sis

(mē′sĭs or t’mē′sĭs; 277)
,
Noun.
[L., from Gr.
τμῆσισ
a cutting, fr.
τέμνειν
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
.

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