Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
parergon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous.
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- noun obsolete Something
unimportant ,incidental , orsuperfluous .
Etymologies
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Latin parergon, Ancient Greek πάρεργον (parergon); παρά (para, "beside") + ἔργον (ergon, "work").
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pavonine commented on the word parergy
something unimportant,incidental or superfluous
November 6, 2007