In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TMESIS
Etymology
Noun
tmesis (plural tmeses)
(prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
Synonym: diacope
Anagrams
• MSTies, i-stems, misset, smites, stimes, tsimes
Source: Wiktionary
Tme"sis, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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