Definitions

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  • noun uncountable, rhetoric The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.
  • noun countable, rhetoric An instance of anapodoton.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἀναπόδοτον (anapodoton), alternative spelling of ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapodoton), neuter of ἀνανταπόδοτος (anantapodotos), from ἀν- (an-, "not") + ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodidōmi, "I give back, correspond with")

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  • it's a lost clause - if you expect me to explain...

    December 12, 2008