APOSIOPESIS


Meaning of APOSIOPESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-pə-ˌsī-ə-ˈpē-səs ]

noun

( plural ap·o·si·o·pe·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan to be fully silent, from apo- + siōpan to be silent, from siōpē silence

Date: 1555

: the leaving of a thought incomplete usually by a sudden breaking off (as in “his behavior was—but I blush to mention that”)

• ap·o·si·o·pet·ic -ˈpe-tik adjective

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