divagation

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divagation

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Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).

noun divagations

countable, uncountable Straying off from a course or way. It was after the complete revelation that he understood the romantic innuendoes with which his childhood had been surrounded, and of which he had never caught the meaning; they having seemed but part and parcel of the habitual and promiscuous divagations of his too constructive companion. When it ca
countable, uncountable Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.

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@misc{divagation_2026,
  title = {divagation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divagation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}