pa|ren|the|sis

pa|ren|the|sis
pa|ren|the|sis «puh REHN thuh sihs», noun, plural -ses.
1. a) either or both of two curved lines used to set off a word, phrase, or sentence that explains or qualifies something within a sentence. b) a word, phrase, or sentence inserted within a sentence to explain or qualify something.
2. an interval or digression; interlude; hiatus: »

During the parenthesis of bad government and national tumult which filled the years between the death of Aldfrith…and the renewed peace and order under Ceolwulf (S. A. Brooke).

╂[< Medieval Latin parenthesis, Late Latin, addition of a letter (or syllable) in a word < Greek parénthesis < parentithénai put in beside < para- beside + en- in + tithénai put, place]

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