English Explanatory Dictionary

anantapodoton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rhetorical device in which a main clause is suggested by the introduction of a subordinate clause, but where the expression trails off.

Word forms

anantapodoton anantapodota

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapódoton).

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