discursive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus. By surface analysis, discourse + -ive.
Meanings
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(of speech or writing) Of or concerning discourse. ▸ Tending to digress from the main point.
This period had long since passed; the discursive reading, the enlightened discourse of her grandfather, had cast her mind in a different mould to the usual superstition of her country; but faith and love were only more pure and perfect in a soul too innocent not to be religious.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 185:This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
- Of or concerning discourse. ▸ Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most discursive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more discursive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
interdiscursive · undiscursive · metadiscursive · discursivity · transdiscursive · microdiscursive · discursiveness · counterdiscursive · nondiscursive · discursively · antidiscursive · macrodiscursive · cyberdiscursive
Relateds
Synonyms
digressive · rambling · discoursive · discoursive
Translations (17)
el αμετροεπής (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · el πλατειαστικός (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · ca discursiu (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · ca discursiu (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · bg безсистемен (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · nl redenerend (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · el ασυνάρτητος (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · sv diskursiv (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · el διαλογικός (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · bg несвързан (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · fi diskursiivinen (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · fr discursif (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · fr discursif (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · el έλλογος (using reason and argument rather than intuition) · cmn 漫無邊際 /漫无边际 (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · cmn 離題 /离题 (tending to digress from the main point; rambling) · fi diskursiivinen (using reason and argument rather than intuition)