What is 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 called?
aporia — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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