aposiopesis
noun • /ˌæpəsaɪəˈpi:sɪs/ • an abrupt breaking-off in speech (rhetoric device)From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiopesis), from αποσιωπαν (aposiopan, “be silent”).
¶ Posted by kbkarma 69 notesFrom Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiopesis), from αποσιωπαν (aposiopan, “be silent”).
¶ Posted by kbkarma 69 notesnoun • the consumption of one embryo by another in utero; particularly as it relates to certain amphibians, sharks and fishes.
From Ancient Greek adelphos (brother) + phagia (to eat of).
(Thanks, Infocult.)
¶ Posted by inky 21 notesFrom Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)
¶ Posted by smdoc 79 notes tages / words / submissionnoun • the moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations
¶ Posted by kbkarma 88 notesnoun • either of a pair of sound holes, resembling an ∫ and a reversed ∫ in shape, cut in the front of some stringed instruments, such as the violin and the mandolin
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