desultorious, a.
(dɛsʌlˈtɔərɪəs)
[f. L. dēsultōri-us desultory + -ous.]
= desultory a. 1.
| 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. ix. 52 O desultorious Declamation! O roving Rethorike! a 1638 Mede Rem. Apoc. Wks. (1672) iii. 582 Our desultorious and shifting Interpreters. 1703 Bp. 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. 1719 Waterland Vind. Christ's Divinity 459 Fixing the Sense of Scripture, and preventing its being ill-used by desultorious Wits. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 525 Tripping with loose and desultorious toe. |