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excursion

ex·cur·sion

UK/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ US/ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a journey taken for pleasure

  • “many summer excursions to the shore”
  • “it was merely a pleasure trip”
  • “after cautious sashays into the field”
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2.

wandering from the main path of a journey

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”). By surface analysis, excurse + -ion. Compare excursus.

Phrases

  • alarums and excursions
  • drift excursion
  • excursion fare
  • excursion rate
  • excursion steamer
  • power excursion

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