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paralipomena
(also paraleipomena)
/ˌparəlɪˈpɒmɪnə/
plural noun
formal
1 Things omitted from a work and added as a supplement.
1.1 usually Paralipomenonarchaic (in the Vulgate Bible and some other
versions) the name of the books of Chronicles, regarded as supplementary
to the books of Kings.
Origin
Late Middle English: via
ecclesiastical Latin from Greek paraleipomena, from paraleipein ‘omit’,
from para- ‘to one side’ + leipein ‘to leave’.
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Charlie decided the publisher had misunderstood his idea. His new book had a foreword and an appendix labelled Paralipomena. The main text simply said, "To be continued..."
