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diacope

diacope noun: synonym of tmesis.

Noun

diacope (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of tmesis.
    Synonyms:
    tmesis

Synonyms of diacope

Origin of diacope

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

Questions about diacope

What does diacope mean?
Diacope means synonym of tmesis.
What part of speech is diacope?
Diacope is a noun.

Words near diacope in the dictionary

  1. diaconicon
  2. diaconiology
  3. diaconnotative
  4. Diacono
  5. Diaconos
  6. diacope
  7. diacoustic
  8. diacoustics
  9. diacranterian
  10. diacridine
  11. diacridines

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