saltativenessn.
The faculty of leaping or jumping.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > faculty or quality of
saltativeness1829
salience1836
1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 105 He discovered the Organ of Saltativeness [in a flea's skull] magnificently developed.
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n.1829- from the first to the last
- from the first, cradle
- from the flat
- from the floor
- from the frame
- from the get-go
- from the getgo
- from the ground up
- from the heart
- from the horse's mouth
- from the housetops
- from the jump
- from the life
- from the look
- from the looks
- from the matter
- from the month
- from the mouth of a person
- from the outset
- from the outside
- from the plough-tail
- from the ploughtail
- from the polewards
- from the purpose
- from the rough