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   digress

   /dʌɪˈɡrɛs/

   verb

   • 1. leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing: "I have digressed a little from my original plan"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin digress- ‘stepped away’, from the verb digredi, from di- ‘aside’ + gradi ‘to walk’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. digresser noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

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