parentheticadj.

Brit.

/ˌparənˈθɛtɪk/,

/ˌparn̩ˈθɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrənˈθɛdɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin parentheticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin parentheticus inserted as a parenthesis (c1160 in a British source) < medieval Greek παρένθετος interpolated (already in Hellenistic Greek designating an imaginary adversary; < ancient Greek παρα- + ἔνθετος capable of being put in (see enthetic adj.), after Hellenistic Greek παρεντιθέναι : see parenthesis n.) + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare earlier parenthetical adj.

a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a parenthesis; inserted as a parenthesis; = parenthetical adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [adjective] > brackets > of or relating to or of nature of parenthesis

parenthetical1624

parenthetic1776

1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms I. (lxxiii. 11) 317 I would rather suppose the foregoing verse (to whomsoever it may belong) to be parenthetic.

1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iv. 390 The parenthesis itself does not supply the place of a point between the parenthetic clause, and the words immediately preceding it.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xli. 115 A passage in which he declared, with some parenthetic provisoes, that he conceived not how a perverse ingenuity could blunt the edge of prophetic explicitness.

1883 J. Parker Apostolic Life II. 6 They speak of him with many parenthetic qualifications.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 186 When a speaker hesitates, English and some other languages offer special parenthetic hesitation-forms, as [ə:] or [ε] in Mr.—ah—Sniffen.

1972 Computers & Humanities 6 152 Omit some parenthetic clauses of no importance to the context, and..replace them by suspension points.

1993 B. Woll & J. G. Kyle Sign Lang. 208 His stimulus material was a film and he particularly noted the expression of parenthetic information (asides, or personal expression of feeling) in the recall of such events.

b. figurative. Interposed in the course of something else. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > interposed or intervening

incurrent1570

intercurring1611

intermediate1623

parenthetical1624

intersilient1647

parenthetica1849

mediateda1859

a1849 T. L. Beddoes Poems (1851) I. 105 A blot of parenthetic night, Like ink upon the chrystal page of day.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 137 Vixen, in a state of divided affection, had twice run back to the house to bestow a parenthetic lick on her puppies.

1881 D. Masson De Quincey 61 About a year..of parenthetic peace and happiness.

1996 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 2 368/1 The stories one tells naturally take on a beginning, middle, and end, a form coincidentally less with the inner direction of things than one's parenthetic experience of them.

2. Characterized by or using parenthesis; = parenthetical adj. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive

digressinga1535

exorbitant1534

discursive1598

solute1605

digressive?1611

excursive1673

rimble-ramble1690

land-loping1694

digressionary1741

parenthetic1782

uncentral1782

digressional1785

parenthetical1814

discursative1819

discursory1830

episodic1867

winding1887

1782 T. Tyers Hist. Rhapsody Mr. Pope 33 Cleland (whom he describes as a man of sense,..and, to be very parenthetic, who was the Will Honeycomb of the Spectator's club).

1816 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 685 The style..is sometimes more intangled and parenthetic than need is.

1898 Living Age 21 May 553/1 Even his style proves the modesty of his ambition. Clumsy and parenthetic, it is ill-suited to the expression of sentiment.

1969 College Eng. 31 161 Sandwiching creates a parenthetic style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parenthetic
释义	parentheticadj. Brit. /ˌparənˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌparn̩ˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrənˈθɛdɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin parentheticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin parentheticus inserted as a parenthesis (c1160 in a British source) < medieval Greek παρένθετος interpolated (already in Hellenistic Greek designating an imaginary adversary; < ancient Greek παρα- + ἔνθετος capable of being put in (see enthetic adj.), after Hellenistic Greek παρεντιθέναι : see parenthesis n.) + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare earlier parenthetical adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a parenthesis; inserted as a parenthesis; = parenthetical adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [adjective] > brackets > of or relating to or of nature of parenthesis parenthetical1624 parenthetic1776 1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms I. (lxxiii. 11) 317 I would rather suppose the foregoing verse (to whomsoever it may belong) to be parenthetic. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iv. 390 The parenthesis itself does not supply the place of a point between the parenthetic clause, and the words immediately preceding it. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xli. 115 A passage in which he declared, with some parenthetic provisoes, that he conceived not how a perverse ingenuity could blunt the edge of prophetic explicitness. 1883 J. Parker Apostolic Life II. 6 They speak of him with many parenthetic qualifications. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 186 When a speaker hesitates, English and some other languages offer special parenthetic hesitation-forms, as [ə:] or [ε] in Mr.—ah—Sniffen. 1972 Computers & Humanities 6 152 Omit some parenthetic clauses of no importance to the context, and..replace them by suspension points. 1993 B. Woll & J. G. Kyle Sign Lang. 208 His stimulus material was a film and he particularly noted the expression of parenthetic information (asides, or personal expression of feeling) in the recall of such events. b. figurative. Interposed in the course of something else. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > interposed or intervening incurrent1570 intercurring1611 intermediate1623 parenthetical1624 intersilient1647 parenthetica1849 mediateda1859 a1849 T. L. Beddoes Poems (1851) I. 105 A blot of parenthetic night, Like ink upon the chrystal page of day. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 137 Vixen, in a state of divided affection, had twice run back to the house to bestow a parenthetic lick on her puppies. 1881 D. Masson De Quincey 61 About a year..of parenthetic peace and happiness. 1996 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 2 368/1 The stories one tells naturally take on a beginning, middle, and end, a form coincidentally less with the inner direction of things than one's parenthetic experience of them. 2. Characterized by or using parenthesis; = parenthetical adj. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive digressinga1535 exorbitant1534 discursive1598 solute1605 digressive?1611 excursive1673 rimble-ramble1690 land-loping1694 digressionary1741 parenthetic1782 uncentral1782 digressional1785 parenthetical1814 discursative1819 discursory1830 episodic1867 winding1887 1782 T. Tyers Hist. Rhapsody Mr. Pope 33 Cleland (whom he describes as a man of sense,..and, to be very parenthetic, who was the Will Honeycomb of the Spectator's club). 1816 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 685 The style..is sometimes more intangled and parenthetic than need is. 1898 Living Age 21 May 553/1 Even his style proves the modesty of his ambition. Clumsy and parenthetic, it is ill-suited to the expression of sentiment. 1969 College Eng. 31 161 Sandwiching creates a parenthetic style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1776
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