parenthesis
noun
[ pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs ]
• a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas.
• "in a challenging parenthesis, Wordsworth comments on the evil effects of contemporary developments"
• an interlude or interval.
• "the three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis"
Origin:
mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai ‘put in beside’.
in parenthesis
• as a digression or afterthought.
• "in parenthesis I should say that I am passing quickly over the significance of these matters"
