† discursativeadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discursāt- , discursāre , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin discursāt-, past participial stem of discursāre (see discursation n.) + -ive suffix. Compare earlier discursation n., discursive adj.

Obsolete.

That tends to pass from one object of thought to another; discursive.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive

digressinga1535

exorbitant1534

discursive1598

solute1605

digressive?1611

excursive1673

rimble-ramble1690

land-loping1694

digressionary1741

parenthetic1782

uncentral1782

digressional1785

parenthetical1814

discursative1819

discursory1830

episodic1867

winding1887

1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/1 This other inclination, which may be called the Discursative sentiment, draws off the imitative principle, and transfers it from one object to another, so as to keep it revolving.

Derivatives

discursativeness n.

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

1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/1 That sort of Discursativeness which relates to space.

1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/2 The curiosity generated from Discursativeness has a spring of motion within itself.

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

单词	discursative
释义	† discursativeadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discursāt- , discursāre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin discursāt-, past participial stem of discursāre (see discursation n.) + -ive suffix. Compare earlier discursation n., discursive adj. Obsolete. That tends to pass from one object of thought to another; discursive.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive digressinga1535 exorbitant1534 discursive1598 solute1605 digressive?1611 excursive1673 rimble-ramble1690 land-loping1694 digressionary1741 parenthetic1782 uncentral1782 digressional1785 parenthetical1814 discursative1819 discursory1830 episodic1867 winding1887 1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/1 This other inclination, which may be called the Discursative sentiment, draws off the imitative principle, and transfers it from one object to another, so as to keep it revolving. Derivatives discursativeness n. 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 1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/1 That sort of Discursativeness which relates to space. 1819 P. Morris in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 311/2 The curiosity generated from Discursativeness has a spring of motion within itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1819
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