DISCURSIVE

digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling

(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; “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”

dianoetic, discursive

(adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)

(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

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Source: Wiktionary

Dis*cur"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]

1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton.

– Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv.

– Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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