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parablepsis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-blep-sis
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and βλέπω (blépō, “to look at”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

parablepses (plural) parablepsia (alternative) parablepsy (alternative)

Questions

What does parablepsis mean?
A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
Where does parablepsis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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