excursus

American  

[ek-skur-suhs] / ɛkˈskɜr səs /

noun

excursuses plural

1. a detailed discussion of some point in a book, especially one added as an appendix.

2. a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative.

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excursus British  

/ ɛkˈskɜːsəs /

noun

1. an incidental digression from the main topic under discussion or from the main story in a narrative

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• excursus
  plural
• excursuses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of excursus

1795–1805; < Latin: a running out, sally, digression, derivative of excurrere to run out. See ex- ¹, course