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discorsioun

discorsioun is the obsolete spelling of discursion.

Meaning of discursion

Noun

discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
  2. (figuratively, rare) Digression.
  3. Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.

Questions about discorsioun

What is discorsioun the obsolete spelling of?
Discorsioun is the obsolete spelling of discursion.

Words near discorsioun in the dictionary

  1. discorrelated
  2. discorrelation
  3. discorrelations
  4. discorrespondent
  5. discorrupt
  6. discorsioun
  7. discos
  8. discosauriscid
  9. discosauriscids
  10. discosean
  11. discoseans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discorsioun (page history and authors); discursion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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