Amorce
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈmoɹs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Amorce is a noun meaning A hint about the future; an instance of foreshadowing.
Meaning
A hint about the future; an instance of foreshadowing.
More Meanings
- A percussion cap or detonator.
Example Sentences
The word mourning is such an amorce, which prefigures the novel's denouement and also suggests that Jean's rejection of their daughter is tantamount to "killing" her.
In her hand she'd held a silver pistol which she'd pointed at Aldous's head and fired five times, five sharp cracks and some blue smoke from the amorces smelling of fireworks.
Cyrus Harding would certainly have been able to fabricate an amorce. In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to gun-cotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.
Penelope's reference to her future awareness of this grave mistake is half proleptic and half what Genette terms an amorce: the establishment of anticipation for the development of the plot through hints about future events.
Word Forms
- amorces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreshadowing, presage, foresign, forelook, foreshow, forewarning.
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