Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discursive

/dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cur-sive
IPA: /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or concerning discourse.

adj

Of or concerning discourse.

Example Sentences

"This period had long since passed; the discursive reading, the enlightened discourse of her grandfather, had cast her mind in a different mould to the usual superstition of her country; but faith and love were only more pure and perfect in a soul too innocent not to be religious."
"This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus. By surface analysis, discourse + -ive.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱers-, discursif, discursus, discursivus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Inflected Forms

more discursive (comparative) most discursive (superlative)

Derived Forms

antidiscursive counterdiscursive cyberdiscursive discursively discursiveness discursivity interdiscursive macrodiscursive metadiscursive microdiscursive nondiscursive transdiscursive

Frequently Paired Words

discourse

Synonyms

digressive rambling discoursive excursive dianoetic

Rhymes With

subversive coercive recursive dispersive immersive cursive roman cursive tail recursive primitive recursive aversive inversive abstersive

Questions

How do you pronounce discursive?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/.
What does discursive mean?: Of or concerning discourse.
Where does discursive come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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