PARALIPSIS


Meaning of PARALIPSIS in English

[ ˌparə'lɪpsɪs ]

■ noun Rhetoric the device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing of a subject, as in not to mention their unpaid debts .

Origin

C16: via late L. from Gk paraleipsis 'passing over', from paraleipein 'omit'.

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