adj
Meaning 1
Marked by digression; rambling
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
digressive
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv/
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rhymes with -ɛsɪv
adj
Meaning 2
Being a digression; off-topic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of superficial relevance if any
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a digressive allusion to the day of the week
- a tangential remark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tangential
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English digress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English digressive From digress + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: abschweifend — marked by digression; rambling
- Hungarian: csapongó — marked by digression; rambling
- Hungarian: elkalandozó — marked by digression; rambling
- Italian: digressivo — marked by digression; rambling
- Romanian: digresiv — marked by digression; rambling
- Spanish: divagatorio — marked by digression; rambling
- Spanish: digresivo — marked by digression; rambling
- Tagalog: maliklik — marked by digression; rambling