Definition of Digressions

1. Noun. (plural of digression) ¹

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Definition of Digressions

1. digression [n] - See also: digression

Lexicographical Neighbors of Digressions

digoxygenin
digram
digrams
digraph
digraphia
digraphic
digraphically
digraphs
digress
digressed
digresses
digressing
digression
digressional
digressionary
digressions
digressive
digressively
digressiveness
digs
digs out
digs up
diguanide
diguanides
diguanidinobutanase
diguanylate cyclase
digynia
digynian
digynous

Literary usage of Digressions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature Study and the Child by Charles B. Scott (1900)
"It must be remembered, however, that the thoughtful digressions by the pupils often indicate the line of thought which the children are following, ..."

2. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"Most of all the digressions that occur are effected by the three-fold chord ... Several examples of such digressions have already been quoted (in § 205, pp. ..."

3. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1890)
"Unity in a Paragraph implies a sustained purpose, and forbids digressions and irrelevant matter. The Eule just expounded is unmeaning, except on the ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"of a Soul—and that Soul a Poet-Soul—the many digressions and parentheses,—and Mr. Browning's instinct to write from ..."

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