different between tmesis vs tmetic

English

Etymology

Coined 1586, from Late Latin tm?sis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from ????? (témn?, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t(?)?mi?s?s/, /?mi?s?s/
• ,
• Rhymes: -i?s?s

Noun

tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses)

1. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.

   Synonym: diacope

Derived terms

• axonotmesis
• neurotmesis

Related terms

• tmema
• tmetic

Translations

See also

• infix
• -bloody-
• -fucking-

Further reading

• tmesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MSTies, i-stems, misset, smites, stimes, tsimes

Latin

Alternative forms

• thmesis (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from ????? (témn?, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tme?.sis/, [?t?me?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tme.sis/, [?t?m??s?is]

Noun

tm?sis f (genitive tm?sis); third declension

1. (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

• English: tmesis
• French: tmèse

References

• tmesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tmesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

tmesis f (plural tmesis)

1. (prosody) tmesis

English

Etymology

tmesis +? -ic

Adjective

tmetic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to tmesis.

   the tmetic cleavage of "absolutely" into "abso-bloody-lutely"