PARALEIPSES

PARALIPSIS

paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition

(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

paraleipses

plural of paraleipsis

Source: Wiktionary


PARALEIPSIS

Par`a*leip"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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