A*po"ri*a (#), n.; pl. Aporias (#). [L., doubt, Gr. , fr. without passage, at a loss; priv. + passage.] Rhet.

A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.

 

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