Excursus

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:31:59

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.

 

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