noun
- communication of ideas, information, etc., esp. by talking; conversation
- a long and formal treatment of a subject, in speech or writing; lecture; treatise; dissertation
- Archaic ability to reason; rationality
Origin:
ME & OFr discours < L discursus, discourse < pp. of discurrere, to run to and fro < dis-, from, apart + currere, to run: see current
intransitive verb discoursed, discoursing
- to carry on conversation; talk; confer
- to speak or write (on or upon a subject) formally and at some length