ALL meanings of aposiopesis
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A a - noun aposiopesis the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue 3
- noun aposiopesis a sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence as if one were unable or unwilling to continue (Ex.: the horrors I saw there—but I dare not tell them) 3
- noun aposiopesis The device of suddenly breaking off in speech. 1
- noun plural aposiopesis a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed. 1
- noun aposiopesis (rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech. 0