digressional

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adjective

Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

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Meanings

adjectivedigressional (comparative more digressional, superlative most digressional)

comparative more digressional · superlative most digressional

  1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

    Milton has judiciously avoided Fletcher's digressional ornaments

    1785, Thomas Warton, Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin by John Milton

Origin

From digression + -al.

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APA

digressional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digressional

MLA

“digressional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digressional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digressional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digressional.

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