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Definition of Aposiopeses
1. aposiopesis [n] - See also: aposiopesis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aposiopeses
Literary usage of Aposiopeses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. De institutione oratoria libri duodecim: ad codicum veterum fidem by Quintilian (1834)
"Praeter haec quaere alias Ellipses et aposiopeses in Léxico sub Aliquis. Quidam.
Sed I extr. et IL Si VI, e, a. Sum, Unde. III. ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"... and passionate aposiopeses, his ingenious recourse to repeated pronouns and
reiterated adverbs for sustaining a tottering sentence, his conversational ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"... its choicest adornment,—the similes, the allegories, the aposiopeses, of which
it is a notable repertory. A specimen or two of each class shall be set, ..."
4. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... the violent breaches and aposiopeses, the omission of pronouns and colourless
parts of speech generally, the coining of new words, and the introduction ..."
5. John Webster: The Periods of His Work As Determined by His Relations to the by Elmer Edgar Stoll (1905)
"3 The aposiopeses, for instance, of which Marston is at all times fond : and as
for syntax, his great bent for using an adjective alone (or with only a ..."
6. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1907)
"... common typographical habits quite up to and in some cases past the close of
the last century. Others, such as the frequent apostrophes and aposiopeses ..."
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