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Excursus

//ɛkˈskɝsəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
  2. 2
    a message that departs from the main subject wordnet
  3. 3
    A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.

    "Here is what us scholars call an excursus. If you are an honest man the following page or two can be of no possible interest to you."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin excursus (“excursion”). Doublet of excurse.

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