excursive

Feb. 4th, 2008 07:28 am
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excursive - adj., of, characterized by, given to, or constituting a digression.


In both body and speech or thought. Adjectival form of excursion, or more accurately, adjective derived from the same Latin root, excursus, itself being the past participle of excurrere, to run out.

---L.

Date: 2008-02-04 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com
I love excursive prose. You ever read Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?

Date: 2008-02-04 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Good excursive prose is WONDERFUL. Jerome's counts.

---L.

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