disquisición

disquisition

noun dees-kee-see-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin disquisitio, from disquirere 'to investigate'.

Also means

lengthy digression

Usage Note

Disquisición denotes a thorough, often lengthy inquiry or treatise on a topic — frequently with the implication that it is overly detailed or digressive. In everyday speech it is used ironically: ¡Vaya disquisición! (what a lengthy digression!). Its plural disquisiciones appears often in critical or academic texts to describe philosophical meanderings.

Examples

"Se perdió en largas disquisiciones filosóficas."

Natural Translation

He got lost in lengthy philosophical disquisitions.

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