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excursus

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ex⋅cur⋅sus

  [ek-skur-suhs]
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–noun, plural -sus⋅es, -sus.
1. a detailed discussion of some point in a book, esp. one added as an appendix.
2. a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative.
Origin:
1795–1805; < L: a running out, sally, digression, deriv. of excurrere to run out. See ex- 1 , course
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ex·cur·sus   (ĭk-skûr'səs)   
n.   pl. ex·cur·sus·es

  1. A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.

  2. A digression.


[Latin, from past participle of excurrere, to run out; see excursion.]
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