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Aposiopesis

noun
(pl. aposiopeses)
1.
Breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations).





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"Aposiopesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mr. Carmyle, becoming articulate, and allowed an impressive aposiopesis to take the place of the rest of the speech. A cold fury had gripped him. He pointed at Gerald, began to speak, found that he was stuttering, and gulped back the words. In this supreme moment he was not going to have his dignity impaired by a stutter. He gulped and found a sentence ...
— The Adventures of Sally • P. G. Wodehouse


Words linked to "Aposiopesis" :   aposiopetic, rhetorical device


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