parergon

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/pæˈrɝ.ɡɑn/

Definition of parergon

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A piece of work that is supplementary to or a byproduct of a larger work.
    “[…] the running and control of double agents is a[n] […] infinitely complicated task. It could not be done as a parergon by any intelligence department elsewhere […]”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάρεργον (párergon, “subordinate or secondary business; by-work”), neuter of πάρεργος (párergos, “beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental”).

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