discursive
/diss-KUR-siv/adjectiverambling from topic to topic; covering a wide field
“His discursive lectures wandered but always landed somewhere rich.”
- Synonyms
- rambling, digressive, meandering
- Antonyms
- focused, concise
- Root
- curs- (run)
- Memory hook
- dis (apart) + cursive (running): running off in all directions.
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