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
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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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).