parabasis
/pəˈrabəsɪs
/noun (plural parabases /pəˈrabəsiːz/)
1(In ancient Greek comedy) a direct address to the audience, sung or chanted by the chorus on behalf of the author.The Chorus is important, and peculiar to Old Comedy are the agon and parabasis....
- This paper discusses the ode and antode of Aristophanes Clouds with a view to appreciating the author's self-presentation in the parabasis.
1.1A digression in a fictional work in which the author addresses the reader.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Greek, from parabainein 'go aside'.
- byname
- by no manner of means
- by no means
- by no (or not by any) stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- BYO
- BYOB
- BYOD
- BYOG
- by oneself
- by one's fingertips
- by (or at) someone's side
- by order
- by (or from) all accounts
- by (or in) leaps and bounds
- by (or in) virtue of
- by (or of) the name of
- by (or on) one's lonesome
- by (or on) request
- by (or through) the back door
- by (or with) your leave
- by ourselves
- by parol
- bypass
- bypath