Parablepsis Definition

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.

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Origin of Parablepsis

  • From Ancient Greek παρά (para-, “beside”) and βλέπω (blepō, “to look at”)

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