digressional en · ADJ
Etymology
From digression + -al.
Meanings
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Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
Milton has judiciously avoided Fletcher's digressional ornaments
1785, Thomas Warton, Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin by John Milton:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most digressional | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more digressional | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |