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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
2.
characterized by the use of parentheses.
Also, par·en·thet·i·cal.
Origin:
1770–80; back formation from parenthetical < Greek parénthet(os) interpolated (verbid of parentithénai, equivalent to par- par- + en- en-2 + the-, variant stem of tithénai to put + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ic + -al1
1770–80; back formation from parenthetical < Greek parénthet(os) interpolated (verbid of parentithénai, equivalent to par- par- + en- en-2 + the-, variant stem of tithénai to put + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ic + -al1
Related forms
par·en·thet·i·cal·i·ty, par·en·thet·i·cal·ness, noun
par·en·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb
in·ter·par·en·thet·ic, adjective
in·ter·par·en·thet·i·cal, adjective
in·ter·par·en·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb
EXPANDun·par·en·thet·ic, adjective
un·par·en·thet·i·cal, adjective
un·par·en·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb
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