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excursus

ex·cur·sus

UK/ɛkˈskɜːsəs/ US/ɛkˈskɝsəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

a message that departs from the main subject

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Origin

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

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