Crossword-Solution: TMESIS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tmesis | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TMESIS | anagram | MISSET, SMITES |
We have 8 clues for the answer “TMESIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "What place soever," e.g. | 1 answer |
| A whole nother way of talking? | 1 answer |
| Compound-word separation | 1 answer |
| DIACOPE | 1 answer |
| In-fucking-credible linguistic device | 1 answer |
| Linguistic phenomenon exemplified by the TV catchphrase "Legen - wait for it - dary!" | 1 answer |
| Separation of a compound word | 1 answer |
| Figure of speech | 23 answers |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEE
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with TMESIS (3)
The use of _tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes_, in Latin oratory and poetry.
TMESIS, tm[=e]'sis, _n._ (_gram._) the separation of the parts of a compound word by one or more words inserted between them, as 'Saxo _cere-_comminuit-_brum_;' 'of whom _be_ thou _ware_ also' (2 Tim.
What the grammarians called "tmesis," the separation of the preposition from the verb with which it is compounded, is peculiar to Homer.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1975–2005).