Discursive
Pronunciation : Dis*cur"sive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
Definition : 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913