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excursus

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ex·cur·sus  (k-skûrss)
n. pl. ex·cur·sus·es
1. A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.
2. A digression.
[Latin, from past participle of excurrere, to run out; see excursion.]
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Noun1.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
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Casaubon's mind was more alert, and he seemed to anticipate what was coming after a very slight verbal indication, saying, "That will do--mark that"--or "Pass on to the next head--I omit the second excursus on Crete.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Deane, when he expected to take his wine alone, would tell Tom to step in and sit with him an hour, and would pass that hour in much lecturing and catechising concerning articles of export and import, with an occasional excursus of more indirect utility on the relative advantages to the merchants of St.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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