anapodota

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A form of anapodoton — A special kind of ellipsis in which a main clause implied by a subordinate clause is left out.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of anapodoton

    Commentators on this psychoanalysis of grammar have adduced it as the uncanny reflex of certain poetic scenes or images built upon the anapodota of sexual loss, romantic frustration, and the end of amatory exchange.⁶⁹

    2001, Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith, William Langland’s Piers Plowman: A Book of Essays, Routledge, →ISBN, page 217
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anapodota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anapodota

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“anapodota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anapodota. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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