D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tmesis

/(mē"sĭs [or] t'mē"sĭs; 277)/ · Tme·sis · IPA /t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/
01 n. 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.
  1. 1.
    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.(Gram.)