Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

discursive

 

1) wandering from one subject to another; rambling; desultory; 2) based on reason, not on intuition

 

One critic praised the movie for its moral content and lively transitions; another criticized it as moralistic and unnecessarily discursive.

 

Related English word: discursiveness

 

Latin root words: discurro, discurrere, discurri, discursurus - to run about, roam; discursus, discursus, m. - a running about; curro, currere, cucurri, cursurus - to run

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