Definitions For Tmesis

Noun

TMESIS (plural tmeses) (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. : Synonym: diacope

Derived terms

axonotmesis neurotmesis

Related terms

tmema tmetic

Translations

Bulgarian: тмезис, m Catalan: tmesi, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 分字法 (fēnzìfǎ, sc=Hani), 插詞法, sc=Hani, , , , , , , , , , , and tmeza, , and many others.

See also

infix -bloody- -fucking-

Anagrams

MSTies, i-stems, misset, smites, stimes, tsimes

Is Tmesis a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Tmesis is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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