[ 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'.
[ 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004