EXCURSION


Meaning of EXCURSION in English

n. 1 a short journey or ramble for pleasure, with return to the starting-point. 2 a digression. 3 Astron. a deviation from a regular path. 4 archaic a sortie (see ALARUM). excursional adj. excursionary adj. excursionist n.

[ L excursio f. excurrere excurs- (as EX-(1), currere run) ]

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