PARALEIPSIS


Meaning of PARALEIPSIS in English

ˌparəˈlīpsə̇s, -lāp- noun

or para·lep·sis -lep- ; or para·lip·sis -lip-

( plural paraleip·ses or paralep·ses or paralip·ses -p(ˌ)sēz)

Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin paraleipsis, paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis neglect, omission, paraleipsis, from paraleipein to neglect, omit, leave untold (from para- para- (I) + leipein to leave) + -sis — more at loan

: a passing over with brief mention in order to emphasize rhetorically the suggestiveness of what is omitted (as in “I confine to this page the volume of his treacheries and debaucheries”)

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