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Definitions for Digress
[1] to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
[2] Archaic . to turn aside.
[3] to depart from the main subject in speech or writing
[4] to wander from one's path or main direction
Words related to Digress
meander, swerve, depart, ramble, veer, drift, divagate, roam, wander
Words nearby Digress
digonal, digoneutic, digoxin, digram, digraph, digress, digression, digressive, digs, dihedral, dihedral angle
Origin of Digress
1520–30; < Latin dīgressus, past participle of dīgredī “to go off, depart, digress,” equivalent to dī- di-2 + -gredī, combining form of gradī “to go”; cf. grade
Words that may be confused with Digress
Other words from Digress
di·gress·er , noun
di·gress·ing·ly , adverb
re·di·gress , verb (used without object)
Word origin for Digress
C16: from Latin dīgressus turned aside, from dīgredī, from dis- apart + gradī to go
Synonyms for Digress
meander, aberrate, depart, divagate, drift, ramble, roam, swerve, veer, wander, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, turn aside, wander away