"discursion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈskɝʒən/ [General-American], /dɪˈskɜːʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈskɜːʒən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-discursion.ogg Forms: discursions [plural]
enPR: dĭskûrʹzhən [General-American], dĭskûrʹshən [Received-Pronunciation], dĭskûrʹzhən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“I run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|discursiō}} Latin discursiō, {{cog|en|discurre}} English discurre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)
  1. (obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither. Tags: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Translations (roving about): errance (French), vagabondage (French), vagabondagio (Italian), vagabundeo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-discursion-en-noun--Tk76cJT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 18 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 17 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 4 21 Disambiguation of 'roving about': 52 15 33
  2. (rare, figuratively) Digression. Tags: countable, figuratively, rare, uncountable Translations (digression): digressió [feminine] (Catalan), digression (French), détours (French), digressione (Italian), digresión (Spanish), rodeo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-discursion-en-noun-DBhTvAwk Disambiguation of 'digression': 0 98 2
  3. (philosophy) Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophic reasoning): diskurssi (Finnish), discursion (French), discursión (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-discursion-en-noun-IcLf50MV Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'philosophic reasoning': 15 3 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discorsioun [16th century]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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