/
dɪsˈkəːsɪv/
adj.
- moving from subject to subject.
- relating to discourse or modes of discourse.
- Philosophy, archaic proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition.
Derivative
- discursively adv.
- discursiveness n.
Etymology
C16: from med. L. discursivus, from L. discurs-, discurrere (see discourse).