Word
Paraleipsis
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
par-a-leip-sis
Definition
- n. - 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."
- noun - Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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