单词 | par parenthèse |
释义 | † par parenthèseadv. Obsolete. By way of parenthesis, incidentally, by the way. ΚΠ 1773 C. Burney Let. 30 Aug. in P. A. Scholes Life Sir J. Hawkins (1953) 239 I must bestow a few words on the Knight, who, par parenthèse, has borrowed of Worgan the Book of Books, El porqué della Musica. 1791 A. S. Damer Let. 18 Aug. in ‘L. Melville’ Berry Papers (1914) 63 They have seen her, and..admire her talents, and, par parenthèse, I do really believe that he means to marry her. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xii. 204 This, par parenthèse, will be thought cool language. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 4 Dec. (1956) IV. 118 Miss Hennell is staying there and writes me word that Miss Remond is a fellow guest lecturing (par parenthèse) on Slavery. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 25 A small European force, and one, par parenthèse, by no means extraordinary as to its military character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1773 |
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