digress
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
digress /dʌɪˈgrɛs/
▶verb leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
– derivatives
digresser noun,
digression noun,
digressive adjective,
digressively adverb,
digressiveness noun.
digresser noun,
digression noun,
digressive adjective,
digressively adverb,
digressiveness noun.
– origin C16: from L. digress-, digredi ‘step away’, from di- ‘aside’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
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