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excursuses

excursuses is the plural of excursus.

Meaning of excursus

Noun

excursus (plural excursuses or excursus)

  1. A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
  2. A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
    • Here is what us scholars call an excursus. If you are an honest man the following page or two can be of no possible interest to you.1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 204

Questions about excursuses

What is excursuses the plural of?
Excursuses is the plural of excursus.

Words near excursuses in the dictionary

  1. excursive
  2. excursively
  3. excursiveness
  4. excursory
  5. excursus
  6. excursuses
  7. excurved
  8. excusability
  9. excusable
  10. excusableness
  11. excusably

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