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11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
originFrom Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- papooses 12
- apposes 11
- opposes 11
- papoose 11
- popsies 11
- appose 10
- oppose 10
- pepsis 10
- piopio 10
- popsie 10
- asepsis 9
- aspises 9