paren'thetical
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| —n , pl -ses | |
| 1. | a phrase, often explanatory or qualifying, inserted into a passage with which it is not grammatically connected, and marked off by brackets, dashes, etc |
| 2. | Also called: bracket either of a pair of characters, (), used to enclose such a phrase or as a sign of aggregation in mathematical or logical expressions |
| 3. | an intervening occurrence; interlude; interval |
| 4. | in parenthesis inserted as a parenthesis |
| [C16: via Late Latin from Greek: something placed in besides, from parentithenai, from | |
| parenthetic | |
| —adj | |
| paren'thetical | |
| —adj | |
| paren'thetically | |
| —adv | |
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Paren'thetical
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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