Definition of Divagation

1. Noun. A message that departs from the main subject.


2. Noun. A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern). "A deflection from his goal"
Exact synonyms: Deflection, Deflexion, Deviation, Digression, Diversion
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turning
Specialized synonyms: Red Herring
Derivative terms: Deflect, Deflect, Deflect, Deflect, Deviate, Deviate, Digress, Divagate, Diversionary, Diversionist, Divert

Definition of Divagation

1. n. A wandering about or going astray; digression.

Definition of Divagation

1. Noun. straying off from a course or way ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divagation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divagation

diurons
diuturnal
diuturnity
div
diva
diva-ish
divable
divacancies
divacancy
divadom
divaesque
divagate
divagated
divagates
divagating
divagation (current term)
divagations
divaish
divalence
divalences
divalent
divalently
divalents
divalike
divalproex sodium
divan
divan bed
divanadium
divans
divaplon

Literary usage of Divagation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1916)
"It has been admitted that De Quincey's unexpectedness and divagation are often ... Too often this divagation takes the form of a jocularity which appears to ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1890)
"... he is at the mercy of the will-o'-the-wisp of divagation. ... to a still greater degree, of this same habit of quasi-serious divagation. ..."

3. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1881)
"divagation"has only recently been admitted to the supplement of "Worcester's Unabridged," with the meaning, "A going astray or wandering," and Thackeray is ..."

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