English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Paraleipsis
| Paraleipsis - 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." |
