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Webster 1913 Edition
Subsultory
Sub-sul′to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
subsilire
, subsultum
, to spring up; sub
under + salire
to leap.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
[R.]
– Sub-sul′to-ri-ly
, adv.
[R.]
Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the
subsultory
to the continuous, – these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Subsultory
SUBSULT'ORY
,Adj.