excursus

ex·cur·sus  (k-skûrss)

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.]

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excursus [ɛkˈskɜːsəs]

n pl -suses, -sus

(Literature / Rhetoric) an incidental digression from the main topic under discussion or from the main story in a narrative

[from Latin: a running forth, from excurrere to run out]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

excursus [ekˈskɜːsɪz] N → excursus m inv