Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Aposiopesis   Listen
Aposiopesis

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





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Aposiopesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Mr. Cullen gave a resounding 'Hear, hear!' and a stamp on the boards). What sort of a spectacle would be exhibited by the public-houses in Hoxton and Islington at closing time to-night? ('True!' from Mr. Cowes, who also stamped on the boards.) Yes, but—Richard used the device of aposiopesis; Daniel Dabbs took it for a humorous effect and began a roar, which was summarily interdicted. 'But,' pursued Richard with emphasis, 'what is the meaning of these vices? What do they come of? Who's to blame for them? Not the working class—never tell me! What drives a man to drink ...
— Demos • George Gissing
... in order to produce the effect of a dramatic aposiopesis, but because he could not for the moment remember other ...
— The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol • William J. Locke


Words linked to "Aposiopesis" :   aposiopetic, rhetorical device


Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com