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View synonyms for excursus

excursus

[ ek-skur-suhs ]

noun

, plural ex·cur·sus·es, ex·cur·sus.
  1. a detailed discussion of some point in a book, especially one added as an appendix.
  2. a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative.


excursus

/ ɛkˈskɜːsəs /

noun

  1. an incidental digression from the main topic under discussion or from the main story in a narrative
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of excursus1

1795–1805; < Latin: a running out, sally, digression, derivative of excurrere to run out. See ex- 1, course
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excursus1

C19: from Latin: a running forth, from excurrere to run out
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Example Sentences

This has been a long excursus, and we must get back to our jaunt on the plain.

But such a retort involves just the dialectic excursus which I am here anxious to avoid.

But the account suggests another and independent question with respect to which I shall make an excursus.

This is not to say, of course, that the excursus in the second stage has been a loss and a defect.

But call it a note or 'excursus,' which is the scholarlike name for notes a little longer than usual, and all will be made right.

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