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noun
The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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noun
Digression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, rare, uncountable
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noun
Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“to run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
