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digression

[ dih-gresh-uhn, dahy- ]

noun

  1. the act of digressing.

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  2. a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱·sDz· 徱·sDz·y adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of digression1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin īō-, stem of īō “departure,” from ī(ܲ) “departed” (past participle of īī “to go off, depart”; digress ) + -ion
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Curiously enough, one could argue that all histories can be reduced to family histories — with all their inconsistencies and digressions.

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But the book’s circuitous, meandering structure, including a major digression about one of Siegfried’s sisters, tests the reader’s patience.

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Shoehorning these random digressions into the film without any additional context to surmise their meaning just feels like Perkins is doing weird for weirdness’ sake.

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Outside of his core group of devotees, audiences didn’t know what to make of its trippy horror, absurdist humor and often frustrating digressions.

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She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.

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