disquisition
noun
[ ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject.
• "nothing can kill a radio show quicker than a disquisition on intertextual analysis"
Similar:
essay,
dissertation,
treatise,
paper,
discourse,
tract,
monograph,
study,
article,
discussion,
lecture,
address,
presentation,
speech,
talk,
monologue,
analysis,
commentary,
review,
critique,
Origin:
late 15th century: via French from Latin disquisitio(n- ) ‘investigation’, based on quaerere ‘seek’. The original sense was ‘topic for investigation’, whence ‘discourse in which a subject is investigated’ (mid 17th century).
