parenthetical
pa·rent·he·tical
adjective
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qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
- “parenthetical remarks”
noun
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Origin
From Medieval Latin parentheticus (from Late Latin parenthesis or Ancient Greek παρένθετος (parénthetos), + -icus) + -al. By surface analysis, par- + en- + thetical.
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