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Aposiopesis (pronounced /æpəsaɪəˈpisɪs/ from Classical Greek, ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent") is a rhetorical device wherein a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, the endin...
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Definition of aposiopesis from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "aposiopesis" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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aposiopesis n. , pl. -ses . A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to ... Literary Dictionary: aposiopesis...
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Aposiopesis (a-poe-sigh-uh-PEA-sis): Figure in which the speaker abruptly stops or falls short of completing a statement; stopping short of completing a statement. ... "The ship is riding majestically toward us like some great feather, riding as though it was mighty proud of the place it's playing in the world’s...
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Breaking off suddenly in the middle of speaking, usually to portray being overcome with emotion. ... In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Antony interrupts his own speech at Caesar's funeral: O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me, My heart is in the ... Figures of Pathos...
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Definition of aposiopesis at Dictionary.com with free online dictionary, pronunciation, synonyms, and translation. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Learn more about aposiopesis with a free trial on Britannica.com...
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; Time for a new post. I've been away. I was in Austin from March 29 to June 18. I arrived the day Diane got home from the hospital and stayed through another hospital visit, many trips to the NICU at St. David's North Austin Medical Center, and finally bringing home I hated to leave my new grandson. ... So the pictures work.
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Definition of aposiopesis in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of aposiopesis. Pronunciation of aposiopesis. Translations of aposiopesis. aposiopesis synonyms, aposiopesis antonyms. Information about aposiopesis in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... (16) and the Discobolus, ... Aporocactus flagelliformis; Aporosa;
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Word History: English essentially confiscated this word whole from Late Latin aposiopesis. The Romans picked up the word from Greek aposiopan "to become silent", made up of apo-, an intensive prefix meaning "very" or "suddenly", + siopan "to be silent", a verb built from siope "silence".
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