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Meaning of APORIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*po"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Aporias}. [L., doubt, Gr. ?, fr. ?
without passage, at a loss; 'a 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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