parenthetical
Meanings
adj
- Using, containing, or within parenthesis.
- Explaining or qualifying something.
- Incidental.
noun
- A word or phrase within parentheses.
- A descriptor or modifier enclosed within parentheses and put, indented, in a line of dialogue to describe how it should be acted or directed onscreen.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin parentheticus (from Late Latin parenthesis or Ancient Greek παρένθετος (parénthetos), + -icus) + -al. By surface analysis, par- + en- + thetical.
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