APOSIOPESIS Definition & Meaning

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aposiopesis

[ ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis ]

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noun

Rhetoric.

plural aposiopeses

a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.

aposiopesis

/ 藢忙p蓹蕣藢sa瑟蓹藞pi藧s瑟s; 藢忙p蓹蕣藢sa瑟蓹藞p蓻t瑟k /

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 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

补辫路辞路蝉颈路辞路辫别迟路颈肠 [ap-, uh, -sahy-, uh, -, pet, -ik], adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of aposiopesis¹

1570鈥�80; < Late Latin < Greek: literally, a full silence, equivalent to 补辫辞蝉颈艒辫脓- (verbid stem of 补辫辞蝉颈艒辫谩别颈苍 to be fully silent; apo- apo- + 蝉颈艒辫谩别颈苍 to be silent) + -sis -sis

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of aposiopesis¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from 补辫辞蝉颈艒辫补别颈苍 to be totally silent, from 蝉颈艒辫补别颈苍 to be silent

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And the novel's final line, from inside Valentine's head, is a typical and brilliant Fordian aposiopesis: "She was setting out on 鈥�" It could end there.

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And he turned away with a shrug to point his admirable aposiopesis.

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Raphael, Michael Angelo, Wiertz, Reynolds鈥斺€斺€� He paused, not in order to produce the effect of a dramatic aposiopesis, but because he could not for the moment remember other names of painters.

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Who ever composed with greater spirit and elegance because he could define an oxymoron or an aposiopesis?鈥�

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By judicious selection, by innuendo, here a pitying aposiopesis, there an indignant outburst, the charges are heaped up.

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aposematic coloration apospory

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