discursive
adjective
[ dɪsˈkəːsɪv ]
• digressing from subject to subject.
• "students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose"
Similar:
rambling,
digressive,
meandering,
wandering,
maundering,
diffuse,
long,
lengthy,
circuitous,
roundabout,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic,
verbose,
long-winded,
prolix,
wordy,
waffly,
pleonastic,
logorrhoeic,
ambagious,
• relating to discourse or modes of discourse.
• "the attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another"
• proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition.
Origin:
late 16th century: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-, literally ‘gone hastily to and fro’, from the verb discurrere (see discourse).