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Definition 2024

See also: tāsis and tāsīs

tasis ‎(uncountable)

(prosody) Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.
(usually in combination, medicine) A stretching.

From Latin tăsis, from Ancient Greek τάσις ‎(tásis, “stretching, tension, intensity”)

Examples (prosody)
I love words that give me a chance to tr-r-r-r-rill my "r"s