digression
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
- (countable, uncountable) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
wrong way
branch road
many divergences
sallying forth
wandering from the point
Traducciones
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/dʌɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
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