'Excursus' definitions:
Definition of '
excursus
'
(from
WordNet
)
noun
A message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression
,
aside
, excursus,
divagation
,
parenthesis
]
Definition of '
Excursus
'
From:
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]
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