parathesis noun. [pǝ'raƟɪsɪs] Pl. -theses [-Ɵɪsi:z]. M17.
[mod. Latin from Greek = a putting beside, from paratithenai put beside, formed as PARA-¹ + tithenai put: see THESIS.]
1. Grammar. = APPOSITION noun¹ 2. M-L17.

2. The interpolation of something in the middle of a sentence or discourse by way of explanation or exposition; a bracket used in pairs to enclose such an interpolation. M17-L18.

3. In Greek and Latin, the simple juxtaposition of two words without modification. M19.

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