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parablepsy

Syllables: para·blep·sy/ˈpæɹəˌblɛpsɪ/

parablepsy is the alternative form of parablepsis.

Meaning of parablepsis

Noun

parablepsis (countable and uncountable, plural parablepses)

  1. A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
    • So too parablepses due to homoioteleuton in the Greek text are irrelevant for the Hebrew text.1978, International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Congress Volume, →ISBN, page 400

Questions about parablepsy

What is parablepsy the alternative form of?
Parablepsy is the alternative form of parablepsis.
How do you pronounce parablepsy?
Parablepsy is pronounced /ˈpæɹəˌblɛpsɪ/.

Words near parablepsy in the dictionary

  1. parabled
  2. parablelike
  3. parablepses
  4. parablepsia
  5. parablepsis
  6. parablepsy
  7. parables
  8. parabling
  9. parabodonid
  10. parabodonids
  11. parabola

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parablepsy (page history and authors); parablepsis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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