paraleipsis
noun
para·leip·sis
ˌparəˈlīpsə̇s,
-lāp-
variants or paralepsis or paralipsis
-lep-
-lip-
plural paraleipses or paralepses or paralipses
-p(ˌ)sēz
: a passing over with brief mention in order to emphasize rhetorically the suggestiveness of what is omitted (as in "I confine to this page the volume of his treacheries and debaucheries")
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin paraleipsis, paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis neglect, omission, paraleipsis, from paraleipein to neglect, omit, leave untold (from para- para- entry 1 + leipein to leave) + -sis
- in great part
- in greeting
- in gremio
- in half
- in hand
- in harness
- in heat
- in heaven's name
- in height
- in hell
- in her heart of hearts
- in high dudgeon
- in high gear
- in high places
- in high spirits
- in high style
- in his death throes
- in hoc sig
- in hoc signo vinces
- in hock
- in homage to
- in honor
- in honor of
- in hope of
- in hope that