Aposiopesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
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  • n. An abrupt breaking-off in speech.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind.”
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, sudden reticence; the suppression by a speaker or writer of something which he seemed to be about to say; the sudden termination of a discourse before it is really finished.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rhetorical device    brachylogy   
    Cross Reference
    or else    anapodoton    ellipsis   
    Variant
    aposiopeses   
     
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