n. (pl. tmeses) Gram. the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words (esp. in colloq. speech, e.g. can't find it any-blooming-where).
[ Gk tmesis cutting f. temno cut ]
n. (pl. tmeses) Gram. the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words (esp. in colloq. speech, e.g. can't find it any-blooming-where).
[ Gk tmesis cutting f. temno cut ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012