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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARALEIPSIS
Par
`a *leip "
sis,
n.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
(Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
]
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