digressionaladj.
/dɪˈɡrɛʃənəl/ Of or pertaining to digression; characterized by digression.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive
digressinga1535
exorbitant1534
discursive1598
solute1605
digressive?1611
excursive1673
rimble-ramble1690
land-loping1694
digressionary1741
parenthetic1782
uncentral1782
digressional1785
parenthetical1814
discursative1819
discursory1830
episodic1867
winding1887
1785 T. Warton in J. Milton Poems (new ed.) 172 (note) Milton has judiciously avoided Fletcher's digressional ornaments.
1787 Headley On Daniel's Poems (R.) He seems fearful of supplying its [his subject's] defects by digressional embellishments.
1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 425/2 He adds a short digressional history of the fortunate shot.
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adj.1785