- desultoriness
- noun see desultory
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
desultoriness
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Desultoriness — Des ul*to*ri*ness, n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness. [1913 Webster] The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
desultoriness — index irregularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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desultoriness — des·ul·to·ri·ness … English syllables
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desultory — adjective Etymology: Latin desultorius, literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de + salire to leap more at sally Date: 1581 1. marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose < a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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desultory — desultorily, adv. desultoriness, n. /des euhl tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. 2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a… … Universalium
