What does "discoursive" mean?
Discoursive: Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]
- 3.The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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