excursus

ex·cur·sus

E0268900 (ĭk-skûr′səs)n. pl. ex·cur·sus·es 1. A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.2. A digression.

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[Latin, from past participle of excurrere, to run out; see excursion.]

excursus

(ɛkˈskɜːsəs) n, pl -suses or -sus (Rhetoric) an incidental digression from the main topic under discussion or from the main story in a narrative[C19: from Latin: a running forth, from excurrere to run out]

ex•cur•sus

(ɛkˈskɜr səs)

n., pl. -sus•es, -sus. 1. a detailed discussion of some point in a book, esp. one added as an appendix. 2. a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative. [1795–1805; < Latin: a running out, sally, digression. See ex-¹, course]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

excursus - a message that departs from the main subjectdigression, divagation, parenthesis, asidesubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

excursus

nounAn instance of digressing:aside, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, excursion, irrelevancy, parenthesis, tangent.

Translations

excurso