English Explanatory Dictionary

diacope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of tmesis.

Word forms

diacope

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tmesis

Related words

diacopic
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