Definitions For Anapodoton

Noun

{{examples, examples= if you only knew when in rome if the shoe fits when the cat's away }} ANAPODOTON (plural anapodota) (rhetoric) The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.

Hypernyms

anacoluthon ellipsis

Hyponyms

anantapodoton

Etymology

From {{bor, en, grc, ἀναπόδοτον}}, alternative spelling of ἀνανταπόδοτον, neuter of ἀνανταπόδοτος, from ἀν-, , not + ἀνταποδίδωμι, , I give back, correspond with.

See also

aposiopesis appendix:english examples of anapodoton appendix:glossary of rhetorical terms

Is Anapodoton a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
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Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Anapodoton is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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