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parergons

parergons is the plural of parergon.

Meaning of parergon

Noun

parergon (plural parergons or parerga)

  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 […]1945, J.C. Masterman, The Double-Cross System

Questions about parergons

What is parergons the plural of?
Parergons is the plural of parergon.

Words near parergons in the dictionary

  1. parerga
  2. parergal
  3. parergies
  4. parergon
  5. parergonic
  6. parergons
  7. parergy
  8. parers
  9. pares
  10. pares down
  11. pares to the bone

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