| 释义 |
para·leip·sis
\ˌparəˈlīpsə̇s, -lāp-\ noun
or para·lep·sis \-lep-\; or para·lip·sis \-lip-\
(plural paraleip·ses or paralep·ses or paralip·ses \-p(ˌ)sēz\)
Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin paraleipsis, paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis neglect, omission, paraleipsis, from paraleipein to neglect, omit, leave untold (from para- para- (I) + leipein to leave) + -sis — more at loan
: 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”) |