parusia

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”). === Noun === parusia (uncountable) (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones. ==== Related terms ==== parousia ==== See also ==== historical present === References === “parusia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === au pairs == Italian == === Noun === parusia f (plural parusie) parousia === Anagrams === spaurai