aposiopesis

aposiopesis
aposiopetic /ap'euh suy'euh pet"ik/, adj.
/ap'euh suy'euh pee"sis/, n., pl. aposiopeses /-seez/. Rhet.
a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
[1570-80; < LL < Gk: lit., a full silence, equiv. to aposiope- (verbid s. of aposiopáein to be fully silent; apo- APO- + siopáein to be silent) + -sis -SIS]

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      (Greek: “becoming silent”), a speaker's deliberate failure to complete a sentence. Aposiopesis usually indicates speechless rage or exasperation, as in “Why, you . . .,” and sometimes implies vague threats as in, “Why, I'll . . . .” The listener is expected to complete the sentence in his mind. In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression.

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