Aposiopesis

[,æpәsaiәu'pi:sis]

Definition

(noun.) breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations).

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Definition

(n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."

Typed by Humphrey

Definition

n. a figure by which the speaker suddenly stops as though unable or unwilling to proceed e.g. Virgil è‹™eid i. 135 'Quos ego——'

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