volitant, a.
(ˈvɒlɪtənt)
[ad. L. volitant-, volitans, pres. pple. of volitāre: see next.]
1. Flitting, flying, or constantly moving about.
| 1847 Emerson Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I. 340 We are golden averages, volitant stabilities,..houses founded on the sea. 1858 Lewes Sea-side Studies 358 That snowy mass of cloud..rose from the surface of this brilliant, buoyant, volitant, sea. 1891 Cent. Dict. s.v., The bat is a volitant quadruped. |
2. Characterized by flitting or flying to and fro.
| 1857 Fraser's Mag. July 65/1 The tremulous volitant motion of breeze upon wave. |