APOSIOPESIS

Meaning of APOSIOPESIS in English

[ ˌapə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪə'pi:sɪs ]

■ noun ( plural aposiopeses -si:z ) Rhetoric the device of suddenly breaking off in speech.

Derivatives

aposiopetic adjective

Origin

C16: via L. from Gk aposiōpēsis , from aposiōpan 'be silent'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

APOSIOPESIS — noun (plural aposiopeses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan to be fully silent, from apo- + siōpan to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APOSIOPESIS — ˌapəˌsīəˈpēsə̇s noun ( plural aposiope·ses -ēˌsēz) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan to be quite silent, from apo- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APOSIOPESIS — (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what …
Английский словарь Webster
APOSIOPESIS — ( n. ) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APOSIOPESIS — — aposiopetic /ap'euh suy'euh pet"ik/ , adj. /ap'euh suy'euh pee"sis/ , n. , pl. aposiopeses /-seez/ . Rhet. a sudden …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APOSIOPESIS — noun ( plural ap·o·si·o·pe·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan to be fully silent, from apo- + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APOSIOPESIS — noun a figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what …
Webster English vocab
APOSIOPESIS — [ap.o.si.o.pe.sis] n, pl -pe.ses [LL, fr. Gk aposiopesis, fr. aposiopan to be fully silent, fr. apo- + siopan to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APOSIOPESIS — (Greek: becoming silent), a speaker's deliberate failure to complete a sentence. Aposiopesis usually indicates speechless rage or exasperation, as in …
Britannica English vocabulary
APOSIOPESIS — aposiopesis BrE AmE ˌæp ə ʊ ˌsa ɪ ‿ə ˈpiːs ɪs § -əs AmE ˌæp ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APOSIOPESIS — (стилистика) апозиопезис
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
APOSIOPESIS — n ( pl -ses) стил. апозиопезис
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
APOSIOPESIS — (n) апозиопезис
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
APOSIOPESIS — n ( pl -ses) стил. апозиопезис
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
APOSIOPESIS — n ( pl -ses) стил. апозиопезис
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
APOSIOPESIS — (стилистика) апозиопезис
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
APOSIOPESIS — n. Pronunciation: ˌ a-p ə - ˌ s ī - ə - ' p ē -s ə s Function: noun …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
APOSIOPETIC — adjective see: aposiopesis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APOSIOPETIC — adjective see aposiopesis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APO- — a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined to verbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APOSIOPETIC — see aposiopesis
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNCOPE — Synonyms and related words : KO, abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, andante tempo, apocope, aposiopesis, beat, blackout, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, clipping, coma, …
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SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : ESP, address, after-dinner speech, alliteration, allocution, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, answer, answering, antiphrasis, …
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SIMILE — Synonyms and related words : accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, …
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METAPHOR — Synonyms and related words : accordance, agent, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, alternate, alternative, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogue, analogy, anaphora, …
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MALAPROPISM — Synonyms and related words : Irish bull, abuse of terms, acrostic, alliteration, allusion, amphibologism, amphiboly, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, anagram, analogy, anaphora, …
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FIGURE OF SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : adornment, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, apophasis, aporia, aposiopesis, apostrophe, …
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ELLIPSIS — Synonyms and related words : abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, crasis, curtailment, cutting, elision, epitome, …
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ELISION — Synonyms and related words : abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, crasis, curtailment, cutting, ellipsis, epitome, …
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CUTTING — Synonyms and related words : IC analysis, Siberian, abbreviation, abscission, accidence, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, …
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CONTRACTION — Synonyms and related words : Speedwriting, abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, apocope, aposiopesis, attenuation, brachygraphy, clipping, coarctation, constriction, crasis, cutting, dampening, …
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CLIPPING — Synonyms and related words : abbreviation, ana, analects, anthology, apocope, aposiopesis, bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clippings, collectanea, collection, collop, …
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