discursoryadj.

Brit.

/dɪˈskəːs(ə)ri/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskərs(ə)ri/

Forms: 1600s discursorie, 1700s– discursory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discursorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursorius inferred by rational discourse (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -ōrius -ory suffix².With sense 1 compare earlier discoursory adj. In sense 2 perhaps influenced by association with earlier discursive adj.

1. Of the nature of or characterized by discourse, discussion, or argument. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective]

reasoningc1454

dianoetical1570

discoursing1571

discoursory1581

ratiocinative1585

discoursive1588

discursive1595

discoursative1604

discursory1614

logistic1638

logistical1644

discussive1645

rationative1650

dianoetic1677

reasoned1684

ratiocinatory1728

raisonné1777

1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Heere shall your Maiestie finde..Speculation interchanged with experience; Positiue Theologie with Polemicall; Textuall with discursorie; Popular with Scholasticall.

1785 F. Spilsbury (title) Discursory thoughts, &c. disputing the constructions of His Majesty's Hon. Commissioners and Crown lawyers.

1819 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 22 Dec. The resolution.., after a discursory debate of about an hour, was referred to a committee.

1969 College Composition & Communication 20 27/1 The discursory application of the facts in an argumentative proof of the thesis.

1988 Rhetoric Soc. Q. 18 247 Each faculty has a specific discursory function, and the faculties cooperate in various ways to produce an end.

2. That passes from one subject to another; of the nature of a digression; discursive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1830 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 10 Apr. 215/1 More discursory, perhaps, but not displaying less ratiocinative invention than the speeches of Livy.

1881 J. Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126 If there be motive for discursory remark.

1901 Indian Engin. 30 23/2 The article..is discursory without being complete.

1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Aug. 432/1 To the sound grounding which they gave was added the impressive and more discursory teaching of the visiting staff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discursory
释义	discursoryadj. Brit. /dɪˈskəːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /dᵻˈskərs(ə)ri/ Forms: 1600s discursorie, 1700s– discursory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discursorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursorius inferred by rational discourse (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -ōrius -ory suffix².With sense 1 compare earlier discoursory adj. In sense 2 perhaps influenced by association with earlier discursive adj. 1. Of the nature of or characterized by discourse, discussion, or argument. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] reasoningc1454 dianoetical1570 discoursing1571 discoursory1581 ratiocinative1585 discoursive1588 discursive1595 discoursative1604 discursory1614 logistic1638 logistical1644 discussive1645 rationative1650 dianoetic1677 reasoned1684 ratiocinatory1728 raisonné1777 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Heere shall your Maiestie finde..Speculation interchanged with experience; Positiue Theologie with Polemicall; Textuall with discursorie; Popular with Scholasticall. 1785 F. Spilsbury (title) Discursory thoughts, &c. disputing the constructions of His Majesty's Hon. Commissioners and Crown lawyers. 1819 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 22 Dec. The resolution.., after a discursory debate of about an hour, was referred to a committee. 1969 College Composition & Communication 20 27/1 The discursory application of the facts in an argumentative proof of the thesis. 1988 Rhetoric Soc. Q. 18 247 Each faculty has a specific discursory function, and the faculties cooperate in various ways to produce an end. 2. That passes from one subject to another; of the nature of a digression; discursive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1830 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 10 Apr. 215/1 More discursory, perhaps, but not displaying less ratiocinative invention than the speeches of Livy. 1881 J. Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126 If there be motive for discursory remark. 1901 Indian Engin. 30 23/2 The article..is discursory without being complete. 1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Aug. 432/1 To the sound grounding which they gave was added the impressive and more discursory teaching of the visiting staff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614
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