paralipsis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαράλειψις“omission”
2. English todayparalipsis

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.