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aposiopesis
[ ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis ]
noun
, Rhetoric.
, plural ap·o·si·o·pe·ses [ap-, uh, -sahy-, uh, -, pee, -seez].
- a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
aposiopesis
/ ˌæpəʊˌsaɪəˈpiːsɪs; ˌæpəʊˌsaɪəˈpɛtɪk /
noun
- rhetoric the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
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Derived Forms
- aposiopetic, adjective
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Other Words From
- ap·o·si·o·pet·ic [ap-, uh, -sahy-, uh, -, pet, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aposiopesis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aposiopesis1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from aposiōpaein to be totally silent, from siōpaein to be silent
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Example Sentences
The aposiopesis was alarming, and Blarden's direction was obeyed instantaneously.
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Though in my edition I have made here an aposiopesis, I think it more probable that a line has been lost.
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There may have been, as Malone thought, a line lost here; but I rather think it is an aposiopesis.
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There is either an aposiopesis or a line lost after this; I think the latter.
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There may be a line lost here; I make in preference an aposiopesis.
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