different between discursive vs discursus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??(?)s?v/

Adjective

discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)

1. (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
2. (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

Derived terms

• counterdiscursive

Related terms

• discourse

Translations

See also

• discourse

Anagrams

• viruscides

French

Adjective

discursive

1. feminine singular of discursif

Latin

Adjective

discurs?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of discurs?vus

English

Etymology

Latin. Doublet of discourse.

Noun

discursus (plural discursuses)

1. (logic) argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning

Latin

Etymology

From discurr?.

Noun

discursus m (genitive discurs?s); fourth declension

1. running about (or to and fro)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Related terms

• discurro

Descendants

References

• discursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discursus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• discursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette