Definitions
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
01“Curved punctuation mark”11 letters
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