单词 | subsaltatory |
释义 | † subsaltatoryadj. Obsolete. Of motion or gait: characterized by slight jumps or jerks; spasmodic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > spasmodic spasmic1710 subsalient1716 galvanica1807 subsaltatory1831 spasmodic1836 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > bobbing bobbing1681 dancing1697 subsaltatory1831 bobbling1892 abob1908 1831 R. Liston Elem. Surg. i. 232 From wounds of veins the blood flows, not in a sub-saltatory, but in a uniform stream. 1860 Illustr. London News 11 Feb. 139/2 Undulatory, horizontal, vertical, and subsaltatory motions. 1887 Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 3 128 In accordance..with the other indications of its saltatory, or at least subsaltatory, mode of progression, it appears to have had the hind limb relatively elongated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1831 |
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