SUPREME WORD OF THE
DAY: DISCURSIVE
PRONUNCIATION:
(dis-KUHR-siv)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Jumping from topic to topic; rambling.
2. Proceeding logically, using reason or argument rather than emotion.
1. Jumping from topic to topic; rambling.
2. Proceeding logically, using reason or argument rather than emotion.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin discurrere (to run about), from dis-
(apart) + currere (to run). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kers- (to
run), which is also the source of car, career, carpenter, occur, discharge,
succor, and caricature. Earliest documented use: 1599.
USAGE:
"The" book is discursive, gently meandering down the
River Thames."
Three Men In A Boat; Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Sep 20, 2012.
Three Men In A Boat; Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Sep 20, 2012.
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