English
Etymology
From L. #Latin|excursus �excursion�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪk�sk�:s�s/
Noun
en-noun|es|pl2=excursus
- A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
- A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
#*1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin 2001, p. 204:
#*:Here is what us scholars call an excursus. If you are an honest man the following page or two can be of no possible interest to you.
#*2007, Glen Bowersock, �Provocateur�, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 16:
#*:In his excursus on the Jewish people at the opening of the fifth book of his Histories [...], Tacitus was at a loss to uncover any deep cause for the war that broke out in 66.
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