Dictionary entry

Aporia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.