Found 3 hits - Term: paraleipsis, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paraleipsis \par`aleip"sis\, n. nl., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` 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.
1913 webster
see also:
paralepsis paralepsy paralipsis
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
preterition \pre`teri"tion\ ?; 277, n. l. praeteritio: cf.
f. pr'et'erition.
1. the act of passing, or going past; the state of being
past. --bp. hall.
1913 webster
2. rhet. a figure by which, in pretending to pass over
anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "i will not
say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." called
also paraleipsis.
1913 webster
3. law the omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a portion. --bouvier.
1913 webster
see also:
paraleipsis
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
paraleipsis
n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted syn: paralepsis, paralipsis,
preterition
also: paraleipses pl
see also:
paralepsis paralipsis preterition paraleipses
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