parergon
noun
par·er·gon
paˈrərˌgän
plural parerga
-gə
1
: something subordinate or accessory
especially : an ornamental accessory or embellishment
2
: a subordinate activity or work : work undertaken in addition to one's main employment
a parergon, pondered and written during … moments of leisure
J. D. Wilson
J. D. Wilson
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek, from par- para- entry 1 + ergon work
- planlessnesses
- planned
- planned economy
- planned obsolescence
- planner
- planners
- planning
- planning board
- plannings
- plano-
- plano-concave
- plano-convex
- planoblast
- planoblastic
- planoblasts
- planoccipital
- planococci
- planococcuses
- planococcusses
- planogamete
- planogametes
- planogamic
- planogram
- planograph
- planographic