discursive

adjective

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Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus. By surface analysis, discourse + -ive.

Of or concerning discourse.
“This period had long since passed; the discursive reading, the enlightened discourse of her grandfather, had cast her mind in a different mould to the usual superstition of her country; but faith and love were only more pure and perfect in a soul too innocent not to be religious.”
“This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.”
Of or concerning discourse.