Definitions for digresses

digresses di·gress

Spelling: [dih-gres, dahy-]
IPA: /dɪˈgrɛs, daɪ-/

Digresses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in digresses (deegirsss).

Definitions for digresses

verb (used without object)

  1. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
  2. Archaic. to turn aside.

Origin of digresses

1520-30; Latin dīgressus, past participle of dīgredī “to go off, depart, digress,” equivalent to dī- di-2 + -gredī, combining form of gradī “to go”; cf.

Examples for digresses

Buddy rambles, digresses, pontificates, and fails completely to make Seymour Glass seem a believable human being.

Word Value for digresses
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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