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Discursion

//dɪˈskɝʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
  2. 2
    Digression. countable, figuratively, rare, uncountable
  3. 3
    Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“I run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.

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