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EXCURSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does excursus mean?
• EXCURSUS (noun)
The noun EXCURSUS has 1 sense:
1. a message that departs from the main subject
Familiarity information: EXCURSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message that departs from the main subject
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis
Hypernyms ("excursus" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
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