[tuh-mee-sis] 
| the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware. |
sis a cutting, equiv. to tmē- (var. s. of témnein to cut) + -sis -sis 
| tme·sis (tmē'sĭs, mē'-) n. pl. tme·ses (-sēz) Separation of the parts of a compound word by one or more intervening words; for example, where I go ever instead of wherever I go. [Late Latin tmēsis, from Greek, a cutting, from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.] |
