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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1643
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Parergetick, a. [Cf. e.m.E. parergeticall (1607), parergon n. (1601).] Supplementary; subsidiary. — 1643 Baillie II. 72.
Besyde I take Wednesday either before or after noon for some parergetick diatribes
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