Di'va-gā'tiōn, n.

noun

n. [Lat. divagari, to wander apart or about, from prefix di, for dis, and vagari, to stroll about, ramble, wander, from vagus, strolling about, rambling, wandering; Fr. divagation, Sp. divagacion.] A going astray. [Rare.] Let us be set down... without further divagation. Thackeray.