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excursus definition

ex·cur·sus (eks kʉr′səs)

noun pl. excursuses -·suses or excursus -·sus

  1. a detailed discussion of some point in a work, added as an appendix
  2. a lengthy digression, as in a literary work

Etymology: L, a running forth, digression, pp. of excurrere: see excurrent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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