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Aposiopesis

Aposiopesis Meaning & Definition
Aposiopesis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aposiopesis?

[n] breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

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See Also | rhetorical device

Aposiopesis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap`o*si`o*pe"sis\ (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to be quite silent.] (Rhet.) 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.''

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