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parablepsis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, epigraphy, geography, history, human-sciences, linguistics, literature, media, natural-sciences, palaeography, paleogeography, paleography, paleontology, publishing, sciences, textual-criticism

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History

Etymology

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