• Look up tmesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In its strictest sense, tmesis (/ˈtmiːsɪs, təˈmiː-/; plural tmeses /ˈtmiːsiːs, təˈmiː-/; Ancient Greek:...
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  • PMID 12517561. Walker SJ, Johnson RH (1989). "Traumatic hemisomato-tmesis: a case report and review of the literature". Arch Emerg Med. 6 (1): 66–9...
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  • for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily...
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  • technical terminology, these examples are often more accurately described as tmesis. None of the following are recognized in standard English. The infix ⟨-iz-⟩...
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  • Neurotmesis (in Greek tmesis signifies "to cut") is part of Seddon's classification scheme used to classify nerve damage. It is the most serious nerve...
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    notes by Richard Freed, January 2004 Audio recording, arr. Tim Mulleman (2016) on YouTube, Tmesis Ensemble, Etcetera Records 2019 Portal: Classical music...
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    and are unclear. For example, in the Rigveda preverbs regularly occur in tmesis, states Jamison, which means they are "separated from the finite verb"....
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  • determinant, and occasionally between the elements of a compound word (tmesis). Kennings, and even whole clauses, can be interwoven. Ambiguity is usually...
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  • (mnemonic), /n/ (pneumonia), /s/ (psychology), /t/ (pterodactyl), /m/ (tmesis), and /m/ (asthma). In some other words with these or other similar consonant...
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    use of fuck or more specifically fucking as an infix, or more properly, a tmesis (see expletive infixation). For example, the word in-fucking-credible sounds...
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  • bloody is frequently used as a verbal hyphen, or infix, correctly called tmesis as in "fanbloodytastic". In the 1940s an Australian divorce court judge...
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  • of a word Prothesis: the addition of a sound to the beginning of a word Tmesis: the inclusion of a whole word within another one Assibilation Assimilation...
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    redundancy due to superfluous qualification; saying the same thing twice. Tmesis: insertions of content within a compound word. Tricolon diminuens: combination...
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  • – via JSTOR. See also: Fowler 1987 Cobet read κάμ μὲν γλῶσσα πέπαγε (= tmesis of καταπήγνυμι), "the tongue sticked fast". Voigt's text. Devereux, George...
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    Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010. "Tmesis Theatre Company – Physical Fest '05". Tmesistheatre.com. Archived from the...
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  • Appears after the stem, but is only partially bound to it Infix (see also tmesis) edu⟨ma⟩cated st⟨infix⟩em Appears within a stem — common e.g. in Austronesian...
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  • Bushism Constrained writing Rebus Interlanguages, Mixed languages and Macaronic languages Sarcasm Tmesis Figure of speech Logology Word game Word play Wit...
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  • item Genitive case Grammatical particle Possessive case Separable affix Tmesis V2 word order Weak and strong forms in English Weak pronoun Crystal, David...
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    nominated for Best Large Ensemble Composition. Referring to El-Turk's work Tmesis performed at the first night of the BBC Proms Dubai 2019, music critic Fiona...
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  • Greek τέμνειν (témnein), τομός (tomós), τόμος (tómos), τομή (tomḗ), τμῆσις (tmêsis) acrotomophilia, anatomy, apotemnophilia, atom, atomic, autotomy, diatom...
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  • compare gnostic [nɒstɪk] and agnostic [ægnɒstɪk]; there are a few exceptions: tmesis [t(ə)miːsɪs]. Initial x- is pronounced z. Ch is pronounced like k rather...
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  • Microsoft Windows Little Leo Games Universe For Sale Microsoft Windows Tmesis Studio 2024 Cryptmaster Microsoft Windows Paul Hart, Lee Williams Co-Developed...
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    her book "Tales of Tumbarumba" in 1962. Tumbarumba is another word for a tmesis, a linguistic term which refers to the placing of a word within another...
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  • or other intentional purposes, such as: "I abso-fuckin'-lutely agree!" (tmesis, for stress) "Topless-shmopless—nudity doesn't distract me." (shm-reduplication...
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    the world is viewed when taking languages and words into consideration. Tmesis – separating the parts of a compound word by a different word (or words)...
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  • Greek τέμνειν (témnein), τομός (tomós), τόμος (tómos), τομή (tomḗ), τμῆσις (tmêsis) acrotomophilia, anatomy, apotemnophilia, atom, atomic, autotomy, diatom...
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  • the song. This shows the existence of diacope in pop culture. Epizeuxis Tmesis Phillips, Edward (1720). The New World of Words Or Universal English Dictionary...
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  • combinations such as /pn/ (e.g. pneumatico), /mn/ (e.g. mnemonico), /tm/ (e.g. tmesi), and /ps/ (e.g. pseudo-) occur. As an onset, the cluster /s/ + voiceless...
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  • the term hyperbaton is sometimes used loosely as a synonym), parenthesis, tmesis, and synchysis. ὑφ' ἑνὸς τοιαῦτα πέπονθεν ἡ Ἑλλὰς ἀνθρώπου (huph' henòs...
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    də]. People from the area often say "ebent" instead of "eben". Adverbial tmesis is also frequent ("Da kann ich nichts für" instead of "Dafür kann ich nichts")...
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