English Explanatory Dictionary

subsultory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.

Word forms

subsultory more subsultory most subsultory subsaltory

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin subsultōrius, as subsultim (“with leaps”) from subsilire (“to spring up”), from sub (“under”) + salire (“to leap”).

Derived words

subsultorily
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