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‖ aposiopesis|ˌæpəʊsaɪəʊˈpiːsɪs|
[L., a. Gr. ἀποσιώπησις, n. of action f. ἀπο-σιωπά-ειν to keep silent.]
A rhetorical artifice, in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, as if unable or unwilling to proceed.
1578Timme Calvin on Gen. 146 A figure called Aposiopesis, after the which something not expressed is to be understood. 1618Hist. P. Warbeck in Harl. Misc. (1793) 63 His communication was still seasoned with savoury parenthesises and breakings off, or, if you will, aposiopesises. 1727Pope Art Sinking 95 The Aposiopesis, an excellent figure for the ignorant, as ‘what shall I say?’ when one has nothing to say, or ‘I can no more,’ when one really can no more. 1853De Quincey Wks. XIV. v. 150 At this aposiopesis I looked inquiringly at the speaker. |