parenthesistn.
/pəˈrɛnθᵻsɪst/, U.S. /pəˈrɛnθəsəst/ rare.
A person who introduces a parenthesis; a person given to the use of parenthesis.
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1901 Q. Pioneer Dec. 27 His poverty is here put to silence..by this parenthesis—(‘but thou art rich’)... No doubt, the parenthesist had in his eye Polycarp's riches towards God exclusively.
1993 Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. It was fun, fun, fun all the way last week at a surprise party for my intermittent colleague, royal agent and parenthesist extraordinaire Giles ‘Willie’ Gordon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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