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, or superfluous.

Etymologies

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Latin parergon, Ancient Greek πάρεργον (parergon); παρά (para, "beside") + ἔργον (ergon, "work").

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  • something unimportant,incidental or superfluous

    November 6, 2007