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ap·o·si·o·pe·sis
\ˌapəˌsīəˈpēsə̇s\ noun
(plural aposiope·ses \-ēˌsēz\)
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan to be quite silent, from apo- + siōpan to be silent, from siōpē silence
: the leaving of a thought explicitly incomplete in writing or speaking often by a sudden breaking off and shifting of grammatical construction for rhetorical purposes (as his behavior was — but I blush to mention that) or by the use of etc.
• ap·o·si·o·pet·ic \|apəˌsīə|ped.ik\ adjective |