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jazzy_dave) wrote2020-09-25 09:13 pm
jazzy_dave) wrote2020-09-25 09:13 pm
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Words Of The Day
Today's wonderful words come from the title of a recent book I read -
paralipomena
NOUN
formal
things omitted from a work and added as a supplement.
archaic
(Paralipomenon)
(in the Vulgate Bible and some other versions) the name of the books of Chronicles, regarded as supplementary to the books of Kings.
The other supplementary word is -
parergon
NOUN
parerga (plural noun)
formal
a piece of work that is supplementary to or a by-product of a larger work.
"the second sonata is a parergon to the opera"
archaic
work that is subsidiary to one's ordinary employment.
"he pursued astronomy as a parergon"
paralipomena
NOUN
formal
things omitted from a work and added as a supplement.
archaic
(Paralipomenon)
(in the Vulgate Bible and some other versions) the name of the books of Chronicles, regarded as supplementary to the books of Kings.
The other supplementary word is -
parergon
NOUN
parerga (plural noun)
formal
a piece of work that is supplementary to or a by-product of a larger work.
"the second sonata is a parergon to the opera"
archaic
work that is subsidiary to one's ordinary employment.
"he pursued astronomy as a parergon"