excursus

/ɛkˈskʌrsəs/
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Other forms: excursuses

Definitions of excursus
  1. noun
    a message that departs from the main subject
    synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, parenthesis, tangent
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    type of:
    content, message, subject matter, substance
    what a communication that is about something is about
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