See Also: excursive(dictionary)

excursive (iou)



excursive adjective. L17.
[formed as EXCURSE + -IVE, perh. after discursive.]
Of the nature of an excursion; consisting of excursions or digressions. L17.
W. Irving We are wandering..into excursive speculations.
Making or tending to make excursions; ranging widely; apt to stray, digressive; desultory. M18.
S. Johnson An intelligence perpetually on the wing, excursive, vigorous, and diligent. A. Helps Do keep to the point, my excursive friends.
excursively adverb L18.
excursiveness noun M18.