Usually means: Supplementary work distinct from main.
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  1. parergon: Merriam-Webster
  2. parergon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parergon: Collins English Dictionary
  4. parergon: Wordnik
  5. parergon: Wiktionary
  6. parergon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. parergon: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Parergon, parergon: Dictionary.com
  9. Parergon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Parergon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. parergon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. parergon: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  13. Parergon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. parergon: FreeDictionary.org
  15. parergon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. parergon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. parergon: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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▸ noun:  A piece of work that is supplementary to or a byproduct of a larger work.

Similar:
paralipomenon, paralipomena, parergy, proparalepsis, paragramme, piece of art, autoparody, paragoge, parathesis, parimion, more...

Opposite:
ergon, main work, primary element

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Similar:
paralipomenon, paralipomena, parergy, proparalepsis, paragramme, piece of art, autoparody, paragoge, parathesis, parimion, more...

Opposite:
ergon, main work, primary element



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