digressional
English
Etymology
digression + -al
Adjective
digressional (comparative more digressional, superlative most digressional)
- Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- 1785, Thomas Warton, Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin by John Milton
- Milton has judiciously avoided Fletcher's digressional ornaments
- 1785, Thomas Warton, Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin by John Milton
References
digressional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913