discursive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
Adjective
discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)
- (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
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- (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
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Translations
tending to digress from the main point; rambling
using reason and argument rather than intuition
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