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Discursive
Dis*cur"sive\, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." --De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle. 2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
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discursive
1599, from M.Fr. discursif, from M.L. discursivus, from L. discursus "a running about" (see discourse).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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