divagation
divagation · divagations
Straying off from a course or wayStraying off from a course or way.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Straying off from a course or way.
(countable, uncountable)Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
More definitions
- a message that departs from the main subject
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Origin
Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -iNominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).
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Forms
plural: divagations| Singular | divagation |
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regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- a message that departs from the main subject:digressionasideexcursusparenthesis
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern):diversiondeviationdigressiondeflectiondeflexion
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddivagate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.