A-pōr'i-a, n.

n. [Gr. ἀπορία, from ἄπορος, without passage, at a loss, from ἀ priv. and πόρος, passage.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, as in the following example: “What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship. I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.” Luke xvi. 3.