parusia

[Gr. parousia = presence, from pareimi, pr. par. parōn =to be present; para =beside, and eimi =to be.] Rhet.: A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or future, and in a vivid or animated narration of past or prediction of future events. par vā-gŭm, 8. [Lat.] [PNEUMOGASTRIC.] par-va-nim-i-ty, s . [Formed from Lat. parvus =small, and animus mind, on analogy of magnan imity (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of having a little or mean mind; littlene of mind; meanne . 2. A person of a little or mean mind. "Hopele parvanimities of the true insular stamp." Fitzedward Hall: Modern English, p. 33. notice.