excursus
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a message that departs from the main subjectSynonyms: digressionasidedivagationparenthesisType of message, content
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex·cur′sus noun
Origin: L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See Excurrent.
A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54