Definition of Aposeopesis
||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."
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Rhetoric) a sudden breaking-off in speech
*1982: This somewhat abrupt ending (or aposiopesis) is caused by a previous movement from the figure on the bed. (Fowles, Mantissa)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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