[ dɪs'kə:sɪv ]
■ adjective
1》 moving from subject to subject.
2》 relating to discourse or modes of discourse.
3》 Philosophy, archaic proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
C16: from med. L. discursivus , from L. discurs- , discurrere (see discourse ).