parabasis

parabasis |pəˈrabəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. parabases |-siːz | ) (in ancient Greek comedy ) a direct address to the audience, sung or chanted by the chorus on behalf of the author. • a digression in a fictional work in which the author addresses the reader. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek, from parabainein ‘go aside ’.

parabasis

parabasis |pəˈrabəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. parabases |-siːz | ) (in ancient Greek comedy ) a direct address to the audience, sung or chanted by the chorus on behalf of the author. • a digression in a fictional work in which the author addresses the reader. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek, from parabainein ‘go aside ’.