Excursus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excursus \Ex*cur"sus\, n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See
     {Excurrent}.]
     A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and
     containing a more extended exposition of some important point
     or topic.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excursus
       n : a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression},
            {aside}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}]