digressive

From digress + -ive.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

digressive (comparative more digressive, superlative most digressive)

1. Marked by digression; rambling
2. Being a digression; off-topic
   • 1987 April 25, Felice Picano, “The Truth About "Violet Quill"”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     I continue to be amused and amazed by the astonishing twaddle that's continually written about the so-called Lavendar ^[sic] or Violet Quill Club. The latest example of this is an unmotivated, digressive swipe at the Violet Quill (VQ) in T.R. Witomiski's reply letter to various critics in GCN.

• digress
• digression

digressive

1. feminine singular of digressif

digressive

1. feminine plural of digressivo

• degressivi, divergessi