Associations to the word «Parenthetic»

Noun

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Wiktionary

PARENTHETIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses
PARENTHETIC, adjective. (of speech) That digresses; discursive or rambling

Dictionary definition

PARENTHETIC, adjective. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope