digression

suomi-englanti sanakirja

digression englannista suomeksi

  1. poikkeaminen asiasta

  2. aiheesta poikkeaminen

  3. poikkeaminen

  1. Substantiivi

  2. poikkeama, poikkeaminen, syrjähyppy

digression englanniksi

  1. An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.

  2. (ux)

  3. (quote-journal)

  4. The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, particularly for rhetorical effect.

  5. ''make digression... by way of digression...''

  6. A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.

  7. {{quote-text|en|year=1517|author=Stephen Hawes|title=Pastime of Pleasure|section=i, ll. 12 ff

  8. A deviation, an act of straying from a path.

  9. {{quote-text|en|year=1670|translator=Charles Cotton|author=Guillaume Girard|title=History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon|section=Bk. i, Ch. iv, p. 144

  10. An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.

  11. {{quote-text|en|year=1646|author=Thomas Browne|title=Pseudodoxia Epidemica|section=Bk. VI, Ch. iv, p. 288

  12. (l)

  13. (RQ:Chaucer Troilus)

  14. a (l)