excursus

2 definitions found

excursus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Excursus \Ex*cur"sus\, n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See
     Excurrent.]
     A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and
     containing a more extended exposition of some important point
     or topic.
     [1913 Webster]

excursus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  excursus
      n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
           digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
           parenthesis]