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‖ paralipsis Rhet.|pærəˈlɪpsɪs|
Also -leipsis; erron. -lepsis, -lepsy.
[a. Gr. παράλειψις passing by omission, f. παραλείπειν to leave on one side, pass by; late L. paralipsis (Aquila).]
A rhetorical figure in which the speaker emphasizes something by affecting to pass it by without notice, usually by such phrases as ‘not to mention’, ‘to say nothing of’.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 95 Paralepsis or Occupatio, when in seeming to ouer-passe, omit, or let-slip a thing, we then chiefly speake thereof. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 239 Paralepsis, or the Passager. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 165 Paralipsis,..Preterition. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Paraleipsis, in Rhetoric, the artificially exhibited omission or slight mention of some important point, in order to impress the hearers with indignation, pity, etc. |