digressive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der.

Latin gradior

Latin dīgredior

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin dīgressus

Latin dīgressumder.

English digress

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English digressive

From digress + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

digressive (comparative more digressive, superlative most digressive)

1. Marked by digression; rambling
2. Being a digression; off-topic
   • 1987 April 25, Felice Picano, “The Truth About "Violet Quill"”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     I continue to be amused and amazed by the astonishing twaddle that's continually written about the so-called Lavendar ^[sic] or Violet Quill Club. The latest example of this is an unmotivated, digressive swipe at the Violet Quill (VQ) in T.R. Witomiski's reply letter to various critics in GCN.

Derived terms

• digressively
• digressiveness

Related terms

• digress
• digression

Translations

marked by digression; rambling

• German: abschweifend (de)
• Hungarian: csapongó (hu), elkalandozó
• Italian: digressivo
• Romanian: digresiv
• Spanish: divagatorio m, digresivo m
• Tagalog: maliklik

French

Adjective

digressive

1. feminine singular of digressif

Italian

Adjective

digressive

1. feminine plural of digressivo

Anagrams

• degressivi, divergessi