† discursationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discursātiōn-, discursātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin discursātiōn-, discursātiō action of running about this way and that < discursāt- , past participial stem of discursāre to run or rush about (frequentative formation < discurrere discur v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier discursion n.

Obsolete.

1. The action of passing from one subject to another; mental wandering.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression

digressionc1374

adigression1483

divagation1560

discursion1561

digress1598

discursation1618

excursiveness1753

discursativeness1819

discursiveness1819

digressiveness1877

1618 E. Parr Abba Father 6 That being sequestred from company, we may..be the freer from..discursation and wandring of mind.

1822–5 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 563 The busy discursation of Thoughts.

2. An act of moving to and fro, or from place to place.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > travelling to and fro > the action of

discursation1624

1624 T. Higgons Mystical Babylon i. 31 The discursations of Legates, and Apostolicall officers, in Temporall, and Ecclesiasticall estates.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 55 Making long discursations, to learn strange tongues.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe i. 5 A Goat coming often hither, disappeared very much... Lamo observes her frequent Outs and Discursations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	discursation
释义	† discursationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discursātiōn-, discursātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin discursātiōn-, discursātiō action of running about this way and that < discursāt- , past participial stem of discursāre to run or rush about (frequentative formation < discurrere discur v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier discursion n. Obsolete. 1. The action of passing from one subject to another; mental wandering. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression digressionc1374 adigression1483 divagation1560 discursion1561 digress1598 discursation1618 excursiveness1753 discursativeness1819 discursiveness1819 digressiveness1877 1618 E. Parr Abba Father 6 That being sequestred from company, we may..be the freer from..discursation and wandring of mind. 1822–5 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 563 The busy discursation of Thoughts. 2. An act of moving to and fro, or from place to place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling to and fro > the action of discursation1624 1624 T. Higgons Mystical Babylon i. 31 The discursations of Legates, and Apostolicall officers, in Temporall, and Ecclesiasticall estates. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 55 Making long discursations, to learn strange tongues. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe i. 5 A Goat coming often hither, disappeared very much... Lamo observes her frequent Outs and Discursations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1618
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