paralipomena

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌpæɹəlɪˈpɒmənə/(US)

Definition of paralipomena

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-normally)The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition.
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noun

  1. (plural, plural-normally)The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition.
  2. (plural, plural-normally)Supplementary literary material.
    “You are cold, while you yourself fan flames. By all means wrap yourself in your despotic furs, there is no one to whom they are more appropriate, cruel goddess of love and of beauty!—After a while I add a few verses from Goethe, which I recently found in his paralipomena to Faust.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραλειπόμενα (paraleipómena, literally “things omitted”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “to leave out”), from παρά (pará) + λείπω (leípō).

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