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discursive

adj.
US //dɪˈskɝsɪv// UK //dɪskˈɜːsɪv// dis·cur·sive
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus. By surface analysis, discourse + -ive.

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