- excursiveness
- noun see excursive
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excursiveness
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Excursiveness — Excursive Ex*cur sive, a. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy. [1913 Webster] The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor. {Ex*cur sive*ly}, adv. {Ex*cur sive*ness},, n. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excursiveness — See excursively. * * * … Universalium
excursiveness — noun The quality of being discursive … Wiktionary
excursiveness — n. state of wandering or rambling, state of having no fixed course, irregularity … English contemporary dictionary
excursiveness — excurˈsiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑excursion … Useful english dictionary
excursive — adjective Date: 1659 constituting a digression ; characterized by digression • excursively adverb • excursiveness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Albrecht von Haller — Infobox Scientist name = Albrecht von Haller box width = image size =250px caption = Albrecht von Haller birth date = October 16, 1708 birth place = Berne death date = December 12, 1777 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = Swiss… … Wikipedia
excursive — excursively, adv. excursiveness, n. /ik skerr siv/, adj. 1. given to making excursions in speech, thought, etc.; wandering; digressive. 2. of the nature of such excursions; rambling; desultory: excursive conversation. [1665 75; < L excurs(us)… … Universalium
excursive — adjective formal tending to digress. Derivatives excursively adverb excursiveness noun Origin C17: from L. excurs , excurrere digress, run out … English new terms dictionary
excursive — /əkˈskɜsɪv/ (say uhk skersiv), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective 1. (especially of speeches or texts) given to making excursions; wandering; digressive. 2. Obsolete of the nature of an excursion; rambling; desultory. –excursively, adverb –excursiveness,… …
