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Word entry · 11 letters

parenthesis

Best crossword clue

"Curved punctuation mark"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aeehinprsstStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2A3R4E5N6T7H8E9S10I11S

Definitions

  1. a message that departs from the main subject

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • How expressive this little parenthesis: "Sakuntalâ makes a chiding gesture with her finger"!

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Curved punctuation mark11 letters

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