aposiopesis
Meaning of aposiopesis
noun
- the device of suddenly breaking off in speech.
in coping with the unsaid and unsayable, oral history is impelled towards aposiopesis
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan ‘be silent’.
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CatalanHyphenation of aposiopesis
apo-siope-sis
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
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