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dʌɪˈgrɛs/
v.
leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
Derivative
- digresser n.
- digression n.
- digressive adj.
- digressively adv.
- digressiveness n.
Etymology
C16: from L. digress-, digredi ‘step away’, from di- ‘aside’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
