There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
PARALEIPSIS
paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
PARALIPSIS
paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
paraleipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)
(rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative form of paralipsis
Source: Wiktionary
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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