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

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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

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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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