aposiopesisn.

/ˌapəʊsʌɪəʊˈpiːsɪs/

Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἀποσιώπησις, noun of action < ἀποσιωπᾶν to keep silent.

A rhetorical artifice, in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, as if unable or unwilling to proceed.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > sudden breaking off in discourse

aposiopesis1578

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 146 A figure called Aposiopesis, after the which something not expressed is to be understood.

1618 Hist. P. Warbeck in Harl. Misc. (1793) 63 His communication was still seasoned with savoury parenthesises and breakings off, or, if you will, aposiopesises.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 46 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. 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.

1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 152 At this aposiopesis I looked inquiringly at the speaker.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	aposiopesis
释义	aposiopesisn. /ˌapəʊsʌɪəʊˈpiːsɪs/ Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἀποσιώπησις, noun of action < ἀποσιωπᾶν to keep silent. A rhetorical artifice, in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, as if unable or unwilling to proceed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > sudden breaking off in discourse aposiopesis1578 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 146 A figure called Aposiopesis, after the which something not expressed is to be understood. 1618 Hist. P. Warbeck in Harl. Misc. (1793) 63 His communication was still seasoned with savoury parenthesises and breakings off, or, if you will, aposiopesises. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 46 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. 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. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 152 At this aposiopesis I looked inquiringly at the speaker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1578
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