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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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MACEEZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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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).