2006-06-13 07:41:17 · 8 answers · asked by Jo C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Temesis - the Celtic goddess of water.
2006-06-13 07:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by Rohit S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, it's a real word.
Tmesis is an obscure literary device in which you separate a compound word to put another word in between. www.m-w.com (merriam webster dictionary) gives the example, "what place soever for whatsoever place". It was one of the championship round words in the last National Spelling Bee. (And it IS really spelled tmesis.)
2006-06-13 14:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Aemilia753 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The actual word is 'tmesis', which is an obscure word meaning: 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.
2006-06-13 14:57:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is tmesis not temesis and it is the separation of a compound word by one or more intervening words.
i.e) What I do ever instead of whatever I do.
2006-06-13 14:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by kiea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a real word in the English language.
2006-06-13 14:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by Scuba Steve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a word,check out http://www.dictionary.com
2006-06-13 15:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by JohnsWife81 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to my knowledge. It's a foreign word.
2006-06-13 14:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by budgetcasket 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-13 14:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by poody24@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋