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Noun: excursus (excursuses,excursus)  ek'skur-sus or ik'skur-sus
  1. A temporary departure from the main subject or course in speech, writing, or thought
    "The lecture was full of interesting excursuss";
    - diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion [Brit], divagation [rare], sidetrack, discursion, aside, parenthesis

Derived forms: excursuses

Type of: content, message, subject matter, substance, turn, turning

Encyclopedia: Excursus