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paraleipsisParalepsis
paralepsy
Paralgesia
Paralgesic
Paralian
Paralichthys
Paralichthys dentatus
Paralichthys lethostigmus
paralinguistic
paralinguistic communication
paralinguistics
Paralipomena
Paralipomenon
Paralithodes
Paralithodes camtschatica
Paralize
Parallactic
Parallactical
Parallax
Parallax of the cross wires
Parallel
parallel axiom
Parallel bar
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parallel chains of command
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition]
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (also -leipsis) (pl. -ses) Rhet. 1 the device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing of a subject, as in not to mention their unpaid debts of several millions. 2 an instance of this. Etymology: LL f. Gk paraleipsis passing over (as PARA-(1), leipsis f. leipo leave)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Paralipsis Par`a*lip"sis, n. [NL.] See Paraleipsis.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Paraleipsis Par`a*leip"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave on one side, to omit; ? beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.) 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.]
