27 March 2013

discursive

[dih-skur-siv]

adjective

1. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
2. proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin discursīvus. See discourse, -ive

Example sentence

If a style of writing is discursive, it includes a lot of facts or opinions that are not necessarily relevant.

Today’s aphorism

‘You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour’.

– Buddhist saying

On this day

27 March 1963 – birth of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood producer, director and writer. He has developed a cult-following with movies such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Natural Born Killers, Killing Zoe, True Romance, Four Rooms, From Dusk Till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Sin City, Hostel, Grindhouse, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained.

27 March 2001 – California electricity prices rise by up to 46% following the partial deregulation of the electricity system.