2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: aposiopesis noun: breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) [also: {aposiopeses} (pl)] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Aposiopesis \Ap'o*si'o*pe"sis\ (?; 277), noun [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to be quite silent.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, ''I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here.''

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