—"My ſiſter, mayhap," quoth my uncle Toby, "does not chooſe to let a man come ſo near her ****" Make this daſh—'tis an Apoſiopeſis.—Take the daſh away, and write Backſide,—'tis Bawdy.
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Aposiopesis
//ˌæpəsaɪəˈpiːsɪs//
Synonyms for "aposiopesis" (13 found)
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20 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 頓絕句 /顿绝句 noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Danish
1 entries- aposiopese noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Finnish
1 entries- aposiopeesi noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
French
2 entries- aposiopèse noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- réticence noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
German
1 entries- Aposiopese noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Greek
1 entries- αποσιώπηση noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Italian
2 entries- aposiopesi noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- reticenza noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Latin
2 entries- praecīsiō noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- reticentia noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Polish
2 entries- aposjopeza noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- apozjopeza noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Portuguese
2 entries- aposiopese noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- reticência noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Russian
1 entries- апозиопе́зис noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Spanish
2 entries- aposiopesis noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
- precesión noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Tagalog
1 entries- untol noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Turkish
1 entries- kesiklenme noun (abrupt breaking-off in speech)
Sample sentences
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Aposiopesis leaves imperfect sense; And, sometimes, such a pause speaks eloquence.
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“If you are not—” The aposiopesis was icy.
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“Have fire in this garret before night or—” / He stopped because he could not go on. It was an aposiopesis of the purest kind.
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