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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread aposiopesis #122157 02/05/04 07:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Wed Sep 24 00:03:05 EDT 1997 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--aposiopesis ap.o.si.o.pe.sis n., pl. -ses [LLat. <Gk. aposiopesis <aposiopan, to become silent: apo- (intensive) + siopan, to be silent <siope, silence] A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue. `On the Genealogy of Morals'.(book reviews)., Vol. 70, The Germanic Review, 09-01-1995, pp 177(2). "Scheier is concerned with form and Allison focuses `on Nietzsche's rhetorical use of aposiopesis,' that is, of becoming silent." Spector, Stanley J., Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted aposiopesis wwh 02/05/04 07:41 PM Re: aposiopesis Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/04 08:17 PM Re: aposiopesis wwh 02/05/04 08:23 PM Re: aposiopesis Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/04 08:27 PM Re: aposiopesis Faldage 02/05/04 08:37 PM Re: aposiopesis Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/04 10:48 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,360 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 615 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,556 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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