excursive

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excursive

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

adjective more excursive · most excursive

  1. Tending to digress. Or evening, in her starry mantle bright, Precedes the slow majestic train of night; In that still hour the mind excursive roves, A heavenly voice the listening spirit moves.
  2. Tending to go out. Then into the quiet room came Susan Nipper and the candles; shortly afterwards, the tea, the Captain, and the excursive Mr Toots, who, as above mentioned, was frequently on the move afterwards, and passed but a restless evening.

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@misc{excursive_2026,
  title = {excursive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excursive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}