discursive

adjective

(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not curro-curs · Latin · run

Synonyms for discursive

digressiveadj excursiveadj ramblingadj dialecticn ideationaladj inferentialadj maunderingv

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The word discursive breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -curs, from Latin curro (“run”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.