parergon

parergon

English

Etymology

para- +‎ ergon?

Noun

parergon (plural parergons)

1. A piece of work that is supplementary to or a byproduct of a larger work.
   • 1945, J.C. Masterman, The Double-Cross System:

     […] 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 […]