excursive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excursive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excursive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excursive adj (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" Synonym(s): digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excursive \Excur"sive\, a. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive* fancy. The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I. Taylor. -- {Excur"sively}, adv. -- {Excur"siveness},, n.