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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excursive/ɪkˈskəːsɪv/
▶adjective formal tending to digress.
– derivatives
excursively adverb,
excursiveness noun.
excursively adverb,
excursiveness noun.
– origin C17: from L. excurs-, excurrere ‘digress, run out’.
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