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divagation
(encz) | divagation,odbočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
divagation
(encz) | divagation,odbočka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Divagation
(gcide) | Divagation \Di`va*ga"tion\, n. [L. divagari to wander about; di-
= dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See
Vagary.]
A wandering about or going astray; digression.
[1913 Webster]
Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further
divagation. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] |
divagation
(wn) | divagation
n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
parenthesis]
2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a
diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into
irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn:
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection,
deflexion, divagation] |
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divagation
(encz) | divagation,odbočení n: Zdeněk Broždivagation,odbočka n: Zdeněk Brož |
divagation
(wn) | divagation
n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
parenthesis]
2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a
diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into
irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn:
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection,
deflexion, divagation] |
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