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discursory, a. rare.|dɪˈskɜːsərɪ|
Also 6 discoursory.
[f. L. discurs- (see above) + -ory.]
†1. Of the nature of ‘discourse’ or reasoning; argumentative. Obs.
1581Mulcaster Positions vii. (1887) 50 A number of such like discoursory argumentes. 1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. Ded. A ij b, Here shall your Maiestie finde..speculation interchanged with experience, positiue theologie with polemicall, textuall with discursorie, popular with scholasticall.
2. Of the nature of a digression, discursive.
1881Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126 If there be motive for discursory remark. |