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desultorious, a.|dɛsʌlˈtɔərɪəs|
[f. L. dēsultōri-us desultory + -ous.]
= desultory a. 1.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. ix. 52 O desultorious Declamation! O roving Rethorike! a1638Mede Rem. Apoc. Wks. (1672) iii. 582 Our desultorious and shifting Interpreters. 1703Bp. Patrick Comm. 2 Sam. vi. 10 David danced with composed and decent, not desultorious and light motions, such as vain fellows are wont to use. 1719Waterland Vind. Christ's Divinity 459 Fixing the Sense of Scripture, and preventing its being ill-used by desultorious Wits. 1819H. Busk Vestriad iii. 525 Tripping with loose and desultorious toe. |