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EXCURSION
digression, excursion
(noun) wandering from the main path of a journey
excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
(noun) a journey taken for pleasure; “many summer excursions to the shore”; “it was merely a pleasure trip”; “after cautious sashays into the field”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
excursion (plural excursions)
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
(phonetics) A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
Synonyms
• (recreational trip): journey, trip
• (wandering from the main subject): digression, excursus
Verb
excursion (third-person singular simple present excursions, present participle excursioning, simple past and past participle excursioned)
(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cur"sion. Etym: [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]
1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.
2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.
4. (Mach.)
Definition: Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
Syn.
– Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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