Definitions
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- noun uncountable, rhetoric The
rhetorical device in which a mainclause is implied by asubordinate clause, withoutmention . - 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