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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a message that departs from the main subject;
[syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excursus \Ex*cur"sus\, n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See Excurrent.] A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

excursus n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]