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tmeses

tmeses is the plural of tmesis.

Meaning of tmesis

Noun

tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses)

  1. (rhetoric) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
    Synonyms:
    diacope

Questions about tmeses

What is tmeses the plural of?
Tmeses is the plural of tmesis.

Words near tmeses in the dictionary

  1. TME
  2. TMEDA
  3. tmema
  4. tmemata
  5. TMEs
  6. tmeses
  7. tmesis
  8. tmetic
  9. tmetically
  10. TMF
  11. tmg

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