— aposiopetic /ap'euh suy'euh pet"ik/ , adj.
/ap'euh suy'euh pee"sis/ , n. , pl. aposiopeses /-seez/ . Rhet.
a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
[ 1570-80; aposiope- (verbid s. of aposiopáein to be fully silent; apo- APO- + siopáein to be silent) + -sis -SIS ]