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Vinony

digressive

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English digress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English digressive From digress + -ive.

  1. Marked by digression; rambling
  2. Being a digression; off-topic

    “I continue to be amused and amazed by the astonishing twaddle that's continually written about the so-called Lavendar ^([sic]) or Violet Quill Club. The latest example of this is an unmotivated, digressive swipe at the Violet Quill (VQ) in T.R. Witomiski's reply letter to various critics in GCN.”