saltatorialadj.
/saltəˈtɔːrɪəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by leaping (or spec. dancing).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by
springing1655
saltatorial1789
saltatory1847
saltative1911
society > leisure > dancing > [adjective] > involving or characterized by dancing
saltatory1656
saltatorian1823
hyporchematic1850
saltatorial1893
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry i. vii. 72 [In tragedy] the Trochaic tetrameter was made use of, as better suited to the satyric and saltatorial genius of the Poem at that time.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 84 Yarrell..confines their saltatorial powers only within ten or twelve perpendicular feet.
1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 532 The saltatorial nature of the animal.
1893 W. A. Shee My Contemporaries ii. 39 Whirled away into every species of saltatorial excess.
2. Fitted or adapted for leaping; spec. belonging to the group Saltatoria of insects.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > suited to
saltatorious1816
saltatorial1842
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > belonging to Orthoptera > belonging to group Saltatoria
saltatorial1842
saltant1909
1842 Chambers's Jrnl. 30 July 220 A pair of thickened saltatorial legs.
1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature II. 354 The Orthoptera fall readily into two great sections—namely, the saltatorial and cursorial Orthoptera.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) II. x. 282 The males in the three saltatorial families in this Order are remarkable for their musical powers.
Derivatives
saltaˈtorian adj. involving dancing.
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society > leisure > dancing > [adjective] > involving or characterized by dancing
saltatory1656
saltatorian1823
hyporchematic1850
saltatorial1893
1823 New Monthly Mag. 9 297/2 The progress of the saltatorian drama.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 390/2 Pantomimic and saltatorian representations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1789