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Tmesis

//t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.

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