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parenthesis

pa·rent·he·sis

UK/pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/ US/pɜrˈɛnθʌsɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

a message that departs from the main subject

Synonyms

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”). By surface analysis, par- + en- + thesis.

Phrases

  • pregnant parenthesis
  • triple parentheses

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