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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   tmesis uncountable

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tmesistmesis

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek διακοπή (diakopḗ, “gash, cleft, rupture”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”)

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