Category: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.]

Paralepsis Par`a*lep"sis, n. Etym: [nl.]

Defn: see paraleipsis.