Definitions
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- noun False vision.
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- noun A circumstance in which a scribe
miscopies text due toinadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentallyskips over some of it.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek παρά (para-, "beside") and βλέπω (blepō, "to look at")
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reesetee commented on the word parablepsis
From the Greek para- ("beside") and blepein ("to look"), a circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text because of inadvertently looking to the side while copying. The term is used by textual analysts to describe a condition in which a person hand-copying a text accidentally skips over some of the original.
April 12, 2008