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paralipsis

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Noun
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par=a=lip=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

paralipsisn. [NL.].

OXFORD DICTIONARY

paralipsis, n. (also -leipsis) (pl. -ses) Rhet.
1 the device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing of a subject, as in not to mention their unpaid debts of several millions.
2 an instance of this.

Etymology
LL f. Gk paraleipsis passing over (as PARA-(1), leipsis f. leipo leave)

ROGET THESAURUS

paralipsis

Neglect

N neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric), trifler, waiter on Providence, Micawber, neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel, negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam, Int, never mind, no matter, let it pass, out of sight, out of mind.


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