dis*cur"sive*ness
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Discursive \Dis*cur"sive\, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1.Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive.— Hazlitt.[1913 Webster]
A man rather tacit than discursive.— Carlyle.[1913 Webster]
2.Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [1913 Webster]
Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]