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digresser

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di⋅gress

  [di-gres, dahy-]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
2. Archaic. to turn aside.
Origin:
1520–30; < L dīgressus, ptp. of dīgredī to go off, depart, digress, equiv. to dī- di- 2 + -gredī, comb. form of gradī to go; cf. grade

Related forms:
di⋅gress⋅er, noun
di⋅gress⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. ramble, stray. See deviate.
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