Deviating or tending to depart from a main subject, path, or course; digressive.
From Latin 'digredi' (to depart) + '-ent' (adjective-forming suffix). This archaic adjective form is rarely used in modern English but appears in older philosophical and rhetorical texts.
This word is essentially a synonym for 'digressive,' but its ultra-formal Latin styling makes it sound like something a Victorian scholar would use when criticizing a peer's rambling speech.
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